Benevolence is one of the distinguishing characters of man.
MENCIUSThere is a power in everything; it is the job of the artist to determine it and express it.
More Mencius Quotes
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Never has a man who has bent himself been able to make others straight.
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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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Incessant falls teach men to reform, and distress rouses their strength. Life springs from calamity, and death from ease.
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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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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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Secure property in hand leads to peace in mind.
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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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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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The feeling of right or wrong is the beginning of wisdom.
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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 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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A man must first despise himself, and then others will despise him.
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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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Only when someone refuses to do certain things will he be capable of doing great things.
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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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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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People are eager to comment on something when they themselves are not in the situation of doing it.
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The way of learning is none other than finding the lost mind.
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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.
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The sole concern of learning is to seek one’s original heart.
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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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By exhaustively examining one’s own mind,one may understand his nature. One who understands his own nature understands Heaven.
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He who attends to his greater self becomes a great man, and he who attends to his smaller self becomes a small man.
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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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A real man is he whose goodness is a part of himself.
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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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