If the prince of a State love benevolence, he will have no opponent in all the empire.
MENCIUSTo 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.
More Mencius Quotes
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The gap between enthusiasm and indifference is filled with failures. The great man is he that does not lose his child’s heart.
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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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The feeling of right or wrong is the beginning of wisdom.
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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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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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Kindly words do not enter so deeply into men as a reputation for kindness.
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So I like life and I like righteousness; if I cannot keep the two together, I will let life go and choose righteousness.
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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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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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If the King loves music, it is well with the land.
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A man must first despise himself, and then others will despise him.
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When one by force subdues men, they do not submit to him in heart. They submit because their strength is not adequate to resist.
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It is not difficult to govern. All one has to do is not to offend the noble families.
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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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To lay hold of the mean without taking into account the occasion is like grasping one thing only.
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The way of truth is like a great highway. It is not hard to find.
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He who goes to the bottom of his own heart knows his own nature; And knowing his own nature, he knows heaven.
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By exhaustively examining one’s own mind,one may understand his nature. One who understands his own nature understands Heaven.
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Is it only the mouth and belly which are injured by hunger and thirst? Men’s minds are also injured by them.
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Never has a man who has bent himself been able to make others straight.
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Benevolence is one of the distinguishing characters of man.
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Never lose your child’s heart.
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Only when someone refuses to do certain things will he be capable of doing great things.
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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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The best things in life come in threes, like friends, dreams, and memories.
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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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