To act without clear understanding, to form habits without investigation, to follow a path all one’s life without knowing where it really leads; such is the behavior of the multitude.
MENCIUSVirtue alone is not sufficient for the exercise of government; laws alone cannot carry themselves into practice.
More Mencius Quotes
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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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Sincerity is the way to heaven; to think how to be sincere is the way of man.
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Friends are the siblings God never gave us.
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The myriad things are complete in us. There is no greater joy than to reflect on ourselves and become sincere.
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Where it is permissible both to die and not to die, it is an abuse of valour to die.
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Secure property in hand leads to peace in mind.
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The way is near, but men seek it afar. It is in easy things, but men seek for it in difficult things.
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All things are complete within ourselves.
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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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The sole concern of learning is to seek one’s original heart.
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Try your best to treat others as you would wish to be treated yourself, and you will find that this is the shortest way to benevolence.
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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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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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Never has a man who has bent himself been able to make others straight.
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The regular path of virtue is to be pursued without any bend, and from no view to emolument.
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