The Tao is near and people seek it far away.
MENCIUSThe Tao is near and people seek it far away.
MENCIUSIf you let people follow their feelings, they will be able to do good. This is what is meant by saying that human nature is good.
MENCIUSTreat your elders as elders, and extend it to the elders of others; treat your young ones as young ones, and extend it to the young ones of others; then you can turn the whole world in the palm of your hand.
MENCIUSA real man is he whose goodness is a part of himself.
MENCIUSThe tendency of mans nature to good is like the tendency of water to flow downward.
MENCIUSHuman nature is disposed to do good.
MENCIUSIt is not difficult to govern. All one has to do is not to offend the noble families.
MENCIUSNever lose your child’s heart.
MENCIUSThe feeling of compassion is the beginning of humanity.
MENCIUSWhen one by force subdues men, they do not submit to him in heart. They submit because their strength is not adequate to resist.
MENCIUSEvery duty is a charge, but the charge of oneself is the root of all others.
MENCIUSOne who believes all of a book would be better off without books.
MENCIUSThe best things in life come in threes, like friends, dreams, and memories.
MENCIUSThe ways are two: love and want of love. That is all.
MENCIUSIf the King loves music, it is well with the land.
MENCIUSThe gap between enthusiasm and indifference is filled with failures. The great man is he that does not lose his child’s heart.
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