Men must be decided on what they will not do, and then they are able to act with vigor in what they ought to do.
MENCIUSPeople are eager to comment on something when they themselves are not in the situation of doing it.
More Mencius Quotes
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The ways are two: love and want of love. That is all.
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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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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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Virtue alone is not sufficient for the exercise of government; laws alone cannot carry themselves into practice.
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Sincerity is the way to heaven.
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Never lose your child’s heart.
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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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Friendship is one mind in two bodies.
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The sole concern of learning is to seek one’s original heart.
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Benevolence is one of the distinguishing characters of man.
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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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The myriad things are complete in us. There is no greater joy than to reflect on ourselves and become sincere.
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Listen to a man’s words and look at the pupil of his eye. How can a man conceal his character?
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One who believes all of a book would be better off without books.
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All things are complete within ourselves.
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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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Secure property in hand leads to peace in mind.
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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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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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By exhaustively examining one’s own mind,one may understand his nature. One who understands his own nature understands Heaven.
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Kindly words do not enter so deeply into men as a reputation for kindness.
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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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All things are already complete in us. There is no greater delight than to be conscious of right within us. If one strives to treat others as he would be treated by them, he shall not fail to come near the perfect life.
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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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In abundance prepare for scarcity.
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The great person never loses a childlike spirit.
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