The Tao is near and people seek it far away.
MENCIUSA real man is he whose goodness is a part of himself.
More Mencius Quotes
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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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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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Every duty is a charge, but the charge of oneself is the root of all others.
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Kindly words do not enter so deeply into men as a reputation for kindness.
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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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He who exerts his mind to the utmost knows his nature.
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There is no greater delight than to be conscious of sincerity on self-examination.
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Sincerity is the way to 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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Never has a man who has bent himself been able to make others straight.
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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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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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Friendship is one mind in two bodies.
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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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