Human nature is disposed to do good.
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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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A real man is he whose goodness is a part of himself.
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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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There is no greater delight than to be conscious of sincerity on self-examination.
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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.
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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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Treat 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.
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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 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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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 Tao is near and people seek it far away.
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A man must first despise himself, and then others will despise him.
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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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People are eager to comment on something when they themselves are not in the situation of doing it.
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