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He who attends to his greater self becomes a great man, and he who attends to his smaller self becomes a small man.
MenciusMencius By exhaustively examining one’s own mind,one may understand his nature. One who understands his own nature understands Heaven.
MenciusMencius The tendency of mans nature to good is like the tendency of water to flow downward.
MenciusMencius The feeling of right or wrong is the beginning of wisdom.
MenciusMencius Virtue alone is not sufficient for the exercise of government; laws alone cannot carry themselves into practice.
MenciusMencius Listen to a man’s words and look at the pupil of his eye. How can a man conceal his character?
MenciusMencius In abundance prepare for scarcity.
MenciusMencius Benevolence is one of the distinguishing characters of man.
MenciusMencius Is it only the mouth and belly which are injured by hunger and thirst? Men’s minds are also injured by them.
MenciusMencius Never lose your child’s heart.
MenciusMencius The ways are two: love and want of love. That is all.
MenciusMencius 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.
MenciusMencius Those who follow the part of themselves which is great are great men; those who follow the part which is little are little men.
MenciusMencius Friends are the siblings God never gave us.
MenciusMencius Only those who develop their minds and spirits to the utmost can serve Heaven and fulfill their own destinies.
MenciusMencius 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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