He who attends to his greater self becomes a great man, and he who attends to his smaller self becomes a small man.
MENCIUSHe who loves others is always loved by them, and he who respects others is always respected by them.
More Mencius Quotes
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Only those who develop their minds and spirits to the utmost can serve Heaven and fulfill their own destinies.
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He who wishes to be benevolent will not be rich.
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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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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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Incessant falls teach men to reform, and distress rouses their strength. Life springs from calamity, and death from ease.
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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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Try your best to treat others as you would wish to be treated yourself, and you will find that this is the shortest way to benevolence.
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The tendency of mans nature to good is like the tendency of water to flow downward.
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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 myriad things are complete in us. There is no greater joy than to reflect on ourselves and become sincere.
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Friendship with a man is friendship with his virtue, and does not admit of assumptions of superiority.
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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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Friends are the siblings God never gave us.
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There is no greater delight than to be conscious of sincerity on self-examination.
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Friendship is one mind in two bodies.
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All things are complete within ourselves.
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He who loves others is constantly loved by them. He who respects others is constantly respected by them.
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The best things in life come in threes, like friends, dreams, and memories.
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One who believes all of a book would be better off without books.
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The sole concern of learning is to seek one’s original heart.
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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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Sincerity is the way to heaven.
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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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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 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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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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