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.
MENCIUSThe 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.
MENCIUSThere is no greater delight than to be conscious of sincerity on self-examination.
MENCIUSSincerity is the way to heaven; to think how to be sincere is the way of man.
MENCIUSHe who loves others is constantly loved by them. He who respects others is constantly respected by them.
MENCIUSHe who exerts his mind to the utmost knows his nature.
MENCIUSThe Way lies at hand yet it is sought afar off; the thing lies in the easy yet it is sought in the difficult.
MENCIUSThe disease of men is that they neglect their own fields and go to weed the fields of others.
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.
MENCIUSIn abundance prepare for scarcity.
MENCIUSThe foundation of the world lies in the nation. The foundation of the nation lies in the family. The foundation of the family lies in the individual.
MENCIUSListen to a man’s words and look at the pupil of his eye. How can a man conceal his character?
MENCIUSTo lay hold of the mean without taking into account the occasion is like grasping one thing only.
MENCIUSThe 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.
MENCIUSWhen Heaven is about to confer a great office upon you, it first exercises your mind with suffering and your sinews and bones with toil.
MENCIUSIt is not difficult to govern. All one has to do is not to offend the noble families.
MENCIUSHe 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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