If the King loves music, it is well with the land.
MENCIUSSincerity is the way to heaven; to think how to be sincere is the way of man.
More Mencius Quotes
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By exhaustively examining one’s own mind,one may understand his nature. One who understands his own nature understands Heaven.
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So I like life and I like righteousness; if I cannot keep the two together, I will let life go and choose righteousness.
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Listen to a man’s words and look at the pupil of his eye. How can a man conceal his character?
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Men must be decided on what they will not do, and then they are able to act with vigor in what they ought to do.
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All things are complete within ourselves.
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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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When Heaven is about to confer a great office upon you, it first exercises your mind with suffering and your sinews and bones with toil.
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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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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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He who wishes to be benevolent will not be rich.
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Sincerity is the way to heaven.
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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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To lay hold of the mean without taking into account the occasion is like grasping one thing only.
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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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