The myriad things are complete in us. There is no greater joy than to reflect on ourselves and become sincere.
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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If you let people follow their feelings, they will be able to do good. This is what is meant by saying that human nature is good.
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Every duty is a charge, but the charge of oneself is the root of all others.
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Truth uttered before its time is dangerous.
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Human nature is disposed to do good.
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Those who follow the part of themselves which is great are great men; those who follow the part which is little are little men.
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Benevolence is one of the distinguishing characters of man.
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Let not a man do what his sense of right bids him not to do, nor desire what it forbids him to desire. This is sufficient. The skillful artist will not alter his measures for the sake of a stupid workman.
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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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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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There is no greater delight than to be conscious of sincerity on self-examination.
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The regular path of virtue is to be pursued without any bend, and from no view to emolument.
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The gap between enthusiasm and indifference is filled with failures. The great man is he that does not lose his child’s heart.
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The feeling of right or wrong is the beginning of wisdom.
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I dislike death, however, there are some things I dislike more than death. Therefore, there are times when I will not avoid danger.
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