A man must not be without shame, for the shame of being without shame is shamelessness indeed.
MENCIUSThe way of truth is like a great highway. It is not hard to find.
More Mencius Quotes
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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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Never lose your child’s heart.
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The Tao is near and people seek it far away.
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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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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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The great person never loses a childlike spirit.
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The sole concern of learning is to seek one’s original heart.
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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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Incessant falls teach men to reform, and distress rouses their strength. Life springs from calamity, and death from ease.
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Every duty is a charge, but the charge of oneself is the root of all others.
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Human nature is disposed to do good.
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Truth uttered before its time is dangerous.
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A small country cannot contend with a great; the few cannot contend with the many; the weak cannot contend with the strong.
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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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The myriad things are complete in us. There is no greater joy than to reflect on ourselves and become sincere.
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A real man is he whose goodness is a part of himself.
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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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One who believes all of a book would be better off without books.
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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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If the King loves music, it is well with the land.
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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 loves others is constantly loved by them. He who respects others is constantly respected by them.
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Kindly words do not enter so deeply into men as a reputation for kindness.
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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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Heaven sees as the people see. Heaven hears as the people hear.
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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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