Friends are the siblings God never gave us.
MENCIUSEvil 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.
More Mencius Quotes
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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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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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Every duty is a charge, but the charge of oneself is the root of all others.
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In abundance prepare for scarcity.
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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.
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A real man is he whose goodness is a part of himself.
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The great man is he who does not lose his child’s heart.
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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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By exhaustively examining one’s own mind,one may understand his nature. One who understands his own nature understands Heaven.
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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 exerts his mind to the utmost knows his nature.
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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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Virtue alone is not sufficient for the exercise of government; laws alone cannot carry themselves into practice.
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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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Never has a man who has bent himself been able to make others straight.
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