Never has a man who has bent himself been able to make others straight.
MENCIUSThe way of learning is none other than finding the lost mind.
More Mencius Quotes
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The way of truth is like a great highway. It is not hard to find.
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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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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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If the King loves music, it is well with the land.
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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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Human nature is good, just as water seeks low ground. There is no man who is not good, just as there is no water that does not flow downward.
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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 person never loses a childlike spirit.
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All things are complete within ourselves.
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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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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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One who believes all of a book would be better off without books.
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Truth uttered before its time is dangerous.
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He who wishes to be benevolent will not be rich.
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