He who wishes to be benevolent will not be rich.
MENCIUSHe who goes to the bottom of his own heart knows his own nature; And knowing his own nature, he knows heaven.
More Mencius Quotes
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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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The disease of men is that they neglect their own fields and go to weed the fields of others.
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The Tao is near and people seek it far away.
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Never lose your child’s heart.
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Human nature is good, just as water seeks low ground. There is no man who is not good, just as there is no water that does not flow downward.
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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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Only when someone refuses to do certain things will he be capable of doing great things.
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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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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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Truth uttered before its time is dangerous.
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The sole concern of learning is to seek one’s original heart.
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The way of learning is none other than finding the lost mind.
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Sincerity is the way to heaven.
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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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