All things are complete within ourselves.
MENCIUSThe great man is he who does not lose his child’s heart.
More Mencius Quotes
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The ways are two: love and want of love. That is all.
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The great person never loses a childlike spirit.
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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 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.
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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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There is a power in everything; it is the job of the artist to determine it and express it.
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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 path of duty lies in what is near, and men seek for it in what is remote; the work of duty lies in what is easy, and men seek for it in what is difficult.
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Friendship is one mind in two bodies.
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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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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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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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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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The regular path of virtue is to be pursued without any bend, and from no view to emolument.
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Listen to a man’s words and look at the pupil of his eye. How can a man conceal his character?
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