The Tao is near and people seek it far away.
MENCIUSAll things are complete within ourselves.
More Mencius Quotes
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Heaven sees as the people see. Heaven hears as the people hear.
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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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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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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 feeling of compassion is the beginning of humanity.
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Friends are the siblings God never gave us.
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To feed men and not to love them is to treat them as if they were barnyard cattle. To love them and not respect them is to treat them as if they were household pets.
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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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There is no greater delight than to be conscious of sincerity on self-examination.
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In abundance prepare for scarcity.
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The great person never loses a childlike spirit.
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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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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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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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The Way lies at hand yet it is sought afar off; the thing lies in the easy yet it is sought in the difficult.
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