The best things in life come in threes, like friends, dreams, and memories.
MENCIUSMen must be decided on what they will not do, and then they are able to act with vigor in what they ought to do.
More Mencius Quotes
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One who believes all of a book would be better off without books.
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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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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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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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Truth uttered before its time is dangerous.
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All things are complete within ourselves.
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The way of learning is none other than finding the lost mind.
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Benevolence is one of the distinguishing characters of man.
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The disease of men is that they neglect their own fields and go to weed the fields of others.
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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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A man must first despise himself, and then others will despise him.
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Mankind fears an evil man but heaven does not.
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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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The way of truth is like a great highway. It is not hard to find.
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There is no greater delight than to be conscious of sincerity on self-examination.
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Never lose your child’s heart.
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Sincerity is the way to heaven; to think how to be sincere is the way of man.
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The way of truth is like a great road. It is not difficult to know it. The evil is only that men will not seek it.
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All things are already complete in us. There is no greater delight than to be conscious of right within us. If one strives to treat others as he would be treated by them, he shall not fail to come near the perfect life.
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He who loves others is always loved by them, and he who respects others is always respected by them.
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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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Human nature is disposed to do 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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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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He who exerts his mind to the utmost knows his nature.
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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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