People are eager to comment on something when they themselves are not in the situation of doing it.
MENCIUSEvery duty is a charge, but the charge of oneself is the root of all others.
More Mencius Quotes
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The people turn in allegiance to Humanity, as surely as water flows downward or as a wild animal takes cover in the wilderness.
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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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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 best things in life come in threes, like friends, dreams, and memories.
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Mankind fears an evil man but heaven does not.
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The gap between enthusiasm and indifference is filled with failures. The great man is he that does not lose his child’s heart.
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The feeling of compassion is the beginning of humanity.
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The great man is he who does not lose his child’s heart.
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Secure property in hand leads to peace in mind.
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Never has a man who has bent himself been able to make others straight.
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There is no greater delight than to be conscious of sincerity on self-examination.
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Never has there been one possessed of complete sincerity who did not move others. Never has there been one who had not sincerity who was able to move others.
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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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A real man is he whose goodness is a part of himself.
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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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The ways are two: love and want of love. That is all.
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Kindly words do not enter so deeply into men as a reputation for kindness.
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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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Sincerity is the way to heaven; to think how to be sincere is the way of man.
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Sincerity is the way to heaven.
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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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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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To act without clear understanding, to form habits without investigation, to follow a path all one’s life without knowing where it really leads; such is the behavior of the multitude.
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Heaven sees as the people see. Heaven hears as the people hear.
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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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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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