All things are complete within ourselves.
MENCIUSMankind fears an evil man but heaven does not.
More Mencius Quotes
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I dislike death, however, there are some things I dislike more than death. Therefore, there are times when I will not avoid danger.
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The great person never loses a childlike spirit.
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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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Evil exists to glorify the good. Evil is negative good. It is a relative term. Evil can be transmuted into good. What is evil to one at one time, becomes good at another time to somebody else.
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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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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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In abundance prepare for scarcity.
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The sole concern of learning is to seek one’s original heart.
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A man must first despise himself, and then others will despise him.
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Never lose your child’s heart.
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To 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.
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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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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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Men must be decided on what they will not do, and then they are able to act with vigor in what they ought to do.
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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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