Listen to a man’s words and look at the pupil of his eye. How can a man conceal his character?
MENCIUSThe tendency of mans nature to good is like the tendency of water to flow downward.
More Mencius Quotes
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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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The 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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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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If the prince of a State love benevolence, he will have no opponent in all the empire.
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A real man is he whose goodness is a part of himself.
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A man must not be without shame, for the shame of being without shame is shamelessness indeed.
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One who believes all of a book would be better off without books.
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Those who follow the part of themselves which is great are great men; those who follow the part which is little are little men.
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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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To lay hold of the mean without taking into account the occasion is like grasping one thing only.
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The way of learning is none other than finding the lost mind.
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Heaven sees as the people see. Heaven hears as the people hear.
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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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He who exerts his mind to the utmost knows his nature.
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Friendship is one mind in two bodies.
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