Heaven sees as the people see. Heaven hears as the people hear.
MENCIUSTruth uttered before its time is dangerous.
More Mencius Quotes
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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 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 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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If the prince of a State love benevolence, he will have no opponent in all the empire.
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The tendency of mans nature to good is like the tendency of water to flow downward.
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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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He who wishes to be benevolent will not be rich.
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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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Human nature is disposed to do good.
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The way of truth is like a great highway. It is not hard to find.
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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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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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A man must first despise himself, and then others will despise him.
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Never has a man who has bent himself been able to make others straight.
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The way of learning is none other than finding the lost mind.
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