Sincerity is the way to heaven; to think how to be sincere is the way of man.
MENCIUSHuman nature is disposed to do good.
More Mencius Quotes
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The myriad things are complete in us. There is no greater joy than to reflect on ourselves and become sincere.
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He who exerts his mind to the utmost knows his nature.
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If the King loves music, it is well with the land.
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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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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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The way of learning is none other than finding the lost mind.
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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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The ways are two: love and want of love. That is all.
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A man must first despise himself, and then others will despise him.
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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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Sincerity is the way to heaven.
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So I like life and I like righteousness; if I cannot keep the two together, I will let life go and choose righteousness.
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If the prince of a State love benevolence, he will have no opponent in all the empire.
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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 great man is he who does not lose his child’s heart.
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