The ways are two: love and want of love. That is all.
MENCIUSTreat your elders as elders, and extend it to the elders of others; treat your young ones as young ones, and extend it to the young ones of others; then you can turn the whole world in the palm of your hand.
More Mencius Quotes
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The way of truth is like a great highway. It is not hard to find.
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All things are complete within ourselves.
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Kindly words do not enter so deeply into men as a reputation for kindness.
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The best things in life come in threes, like friends, dreams, and memories.
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The great man does not think beforehand of his words that they may be sincere, nor of his actions that they may be resolute- he simply speaks and does what is right.
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Benevolence is one of the distinguishing characters of man.
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If you know that a thing is unrighteous, then use all dispatch in putting an end to it–why wait till next year?
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Never lose your child’s heart.
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All people have the common desire to be elevated in honour, but all people have something still more elevated in themselves without knowing it.
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Incessant falls teach men to reform, and distress rouses their strength. Life springs from calamity, and death from ease.
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There is a power in everything; it is the job of the artist to determine it and express it.
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If you let people follow their feelings, they will be able to do good. This is what is meant by saying that human nature is good.
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Only when someone refuses to do certain things will he be capable of doing great things.
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The Tao is near and people seek it far away.
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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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