The way of learning is none other than finding the lost mind.
MENCIUSHe who goes to the bottom of his own heart knows his own nature; And knowing his own nature, he knows heaven.
More Mencius Quotes
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Human nature is disposed to do good.
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People are eager to comment on something when they themselves are not in the situation of doing it.
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A man must first despise himself, and then others will despise him.
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Friendship with a man is friendship with his virtue, and does not admit of assumptions of superiority.
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Virtue alone is not sufficient for the exercise of government; laws alone cannot carry themselves into practice.
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Only when someone refuses to do certain things will he be capable of doing great things.
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He who goes to the bottom of his own heart knows his own nature; And knowing his own nature, he knows heaven.
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Sincerity is the way to heaven.
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If the prince of a State love benevolence, he will have no opponent in all the empire.
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All things are already complete in us. There is no greater delight than to be conscious of right within us. If one strives to treat others as he would be treated by them, he shall not fail to come near the perfect life.
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Never lose your child’s heart.
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He who exerts his mind to the utmost knows his nature.
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Never has there been one possessed of complete sincerity who did not move others. Never has there been one who had not sincerity who was able to move others.
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All people have the common desire to be elevated in honour, but all people have something still more elevated in themselves without knowing it.
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When one by force subdues men, they do not submit to him in heart. They submit because their strength is not adequate to resist.
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