Never has a man who has bent himself been able to make others straight.
MENCIUSFriends are the siblings God never gave us.
More Mencius Quotes
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The sole concern of learning is to seek one’s original heart.
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Secure property in hand leads to peace in mind.
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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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Only those who develop their minds and spirits to the utmost can serve Heaven and fulfill their own destinies.
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The foundation of the world lies in the nation. The foundation of the nation lies in the family. The foundation of the family lies in the individual.
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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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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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When one by force subdues men, they do not submit to him in heart. They submit because their strength is not adequate to resist.
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Sincerity is the way to heaven; to think how to be sincere is the way of man.
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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 feeling of compassion is the beginning of humanity.
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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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A real man is he whose goodness is a part of himself.
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The feeling of right or wrong is the beginning of wisdom.
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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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