Treat 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.
MENCIUSIn abundance prepare for scarcity.
More Mencius Quotes
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A man must first despise himself, and then others will despise him.
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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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The way of truth is like a great road. It is not difficult to know it. The evil is only that men will not seek it.
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Evil exists to glorify the good. Evil is negative good. It is a relative term. Evil can be transmuted into good. What is evil to one at one time, becomes good at another time to somebody else.
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Let not a man do what his sense of right bids him not to do, nor desire what it forbids him to desire. This is sufficient. The skillful artist will not alter his measures for the sake of a stupid workman.
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Every duty is a charge, but the charge of oneself is the root of all others.
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Never has a man who has bent himself been able to make others straight.
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If 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.
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There is a power in everything; it is the job of the artist to determine it and express it.
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A small country cannot contend with a great; the few cannot contend with the many; the weak cannot contend with the strong.
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Mankind fears an evil man but heaven does not.
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Only those who develop their minds and spirits to the utmost can serve Heaven and fulfill their own destinies.
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Kindly words do not enter so deeply into men as a reputation for kindness.
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Listen to a man’s words and look at the pupil of his eye. How can a man conceal his character?
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The foundation of the world lies in the nation. The foundation of the nation lies in the family. The foundation of the family lies in the individual.
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