If you let people follow their feelings, they will be able to do good. This is what is meant by saying that human nature is good.
MENCIUSThe great man is he who does not lose his child’s heart.
More Mencius Quotes
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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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Is it only the mouth and belly which are injured by hunger and thirst? Men’s minds are also injured by them.
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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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The way of learning is none other than finding the lost mind.
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Where it is permissible both to die and not to die, it is an abuse of valour to die.
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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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So I like life and I like righteousness; if I cannot keep the two together, I will let life go and choose righteousness.
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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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Friends are the siblings God never gave us.
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Only when someone refuses to do certain things will he be capable of doing great things.
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Kindly words do not enter so deeply into men as a reputation for kindness.
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By exhaustively examining one’s own mind,one may understand his nature. One who understands his own nature understands Heaven.
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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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The way is near, but men seek it afar. It is in easy things, but men seek for it in difficult things.
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People are eager to comment on something when they themselves are not in the situation of doing it.
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