If the King loves music, it is well with the land.
MENCIUSEvery duty is a charge, but the charge of oneself is the root of all others.
More Mencius Quotes
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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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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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Heaven sees as the people see. Heaven hears as the people hear.
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Human nature is disposed to do good.
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Try your best to treat others as you would wish to be treated yourself, and you will find that this is the shortest way to benevolence.
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Mankind fears an evil man but heaven does not.
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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 real man is he whose goodness is a part of himself.
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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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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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Where it is permissible both to die and not to die, it is an abuse of valour to die.
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The foundation of the world lies in the nation. The foundation of the nation lies in the family. The foundation of the family lies in the individual.
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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 Tao is near and people seek it far away.
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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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