He who attends to his greater self becomes a great man, and he who attends to his smaller self becomes a small man.
MENCIUSThe feeling of right or wrong is the beginning of wisdom.
More Mencius Quotes
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Human nature is good, just as water seeks low ground. There is no man who is not good, just as there is no water that does not flow downward.
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The great person never loses a childlike spirit.
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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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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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A man must first despise himself, and then others will despise him.
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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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Sincerity is the way to heaven; to think how to be sincere is the way of man.
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The best things in life come in threes, like friends, dreams, and memories.
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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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Friends are the siblings God never gave us.
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The feeling of right or wrong is the beginning of wisdom.
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There is no greater delight than to be conscious of sincerity on self-examination.
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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.
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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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Human nature is disposed to do good.
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The way of learning is none other than finding the lost mind.
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The path of duty lies in what is near, and men seek for it in what is remote; the work of duty lies in what is easy, and men seek for it in what is difficult.
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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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One who believes all of a book would be better off without books.
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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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The sole concern of learning is to seek one’s original heart.
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Only when someone refuses to do certain things will he be capable of doing great things.
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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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If the King loves music, it is well with the land.
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In abundance prepare for scarcity.
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Every duty is a charge, but the charge of oneself is the root of all others.
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