The sole concern of learning is to seek one’s original heart.
MENCIUSSincerity is the way to heaven.
More Mencius Quotes
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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 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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All people have the common desire to be elevated in honour, but all people have something still more elevated in themselves without knowing it.
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Truth uttered before its time is dangerous.
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In abundance prepare for scarcity.
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Sincerity is the way to heaven; to think how to be sincere is the way of man.
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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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He who loves others is constantly loved by them. He who respects others is constantly respected by them.
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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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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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Heaven sees as the people see. Heaven hears as the people hear.
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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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The regular path of virtue is to be pursued without any bend, and from no view to emolument.
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When Heaven is about to confer a great office upon you, it first exercises your mind with suffering and your sinews and bones with toil.
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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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