There is no greater delight than to be conscious of sincerity on self-examination.
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More Mencius Quotes
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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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The path of duty lies in what is near, and men seek for it in what is remote; the work of duty lies in what is easy, and men seek for it in what is difficult.
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The feeling of right or wrong is the beginning of wisdom.
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Truth uttered before its time is dangerous.
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The tendency of mans nature to good is like the tendency of water to flow downward.
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Friendship with a man is friendship with his virtue, and does not admit of assumptions of superiority.
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All things are complete within ourselves.
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The ways are two: love and want of love. That is all.
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Is it only the mouth and belly which are injured by hunger and thirst? Men’s minds are also injured by them.
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Human nature is disposed to do good.
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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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The way is near, but men seek it afar. It is in easy things, but men seek for it in difficult things.
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Only when someone refuses to do certain things will he be capable of doing great things.
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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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