Sincerity is the way to heaven; to think how to be sincere is the way of man.
MENCIUSThe ways are two: love and want of love. That is all.
More Mencius Quotes
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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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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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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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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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Where it is permissible both to die and not to die, it is an abuse of valour to die.
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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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To act without clear understanding, to form habits without investigation, to follow a path all one’s life without knowing where it really leads; such is the behavior of the multitude.
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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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It is not difficult to govern. All one has to do is not to offend the noble families.
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To lay hold of the mean without taking into account the occasion is like grasping one thing only.
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The great man does not think beforehand of his words that they may be sincere, nor of his actions that they may be resolute- he simply speaks and does what is right.
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All things are complete within ourselves.
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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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Only when someone refuses to do certain things will he be capable of doing great things.
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People are eager to comment on something when they themselves are not in the situation of doing it.
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