If the prince of a State love benevolence, he will have no opponent in all the empire.
MENCIUSIn abundance prepare for scarcity.
More Mencius Quotes
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The Tao is near and people seek it far away.
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To lay hold of the mean without taking into account the occasion is like grasping one thing only.
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One who believes all of a book would be better off without books.
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Sincerity is the way to heaven; to think how to be sincere is the way of man.
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To feed men and not to love them is to treat them as if they were barnyard cattle. To love them and not respect them is to treat them as if they were household pets.
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The people turn in allegiance to Humanity, as surely as water flows downward or as a wild animal takes cover in the wilderness.
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All things are complete within ourselves.
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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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He who wishes to be benevolent will not be rich.
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The sole concern of learning is to seek one’s original heart.
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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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Secure property in hand leads to peace in mind.
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Never has a man who has bent himself been able to make others straight.
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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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The great man does not think beforehand of his words that they may be sincere, nor of his actions that they may be resolute- he simply speaks and does what is right.
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