He who exerts his mind to the utmost knows his nature.
MENCIUSNever lose your child’s heart.
More Mencius Quotes
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Evil 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.
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The great man is he who does not lose his child’s heart.
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The Tao is near and people seek it far away.
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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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In abundance prepare for scarcity.
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He who goes to the bottom of his own heart knows his own nature; And knowing his own nature, he knows heaven.
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Kindly words do not enter so deeply into men as a reputation for kindness.
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Never has a man who has bent himself been able to make others straight.
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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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A man must not be without shame, for the shame of being without shame is shamelessness indeed.
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There is no greater delight than to be conscious of sincerity on self-examination.
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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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To lay hold of the mean without taking into account the occasion is like grasping one thing only.
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Human nature is disposed to do good.
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The way of truth is like a great road. It is not difficult to know it. The evil is only that men will not seek it.
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He who wishes to be benevolent will not be rich.
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Friendship is one mind in two bodies.
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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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Secure property in hand leads to peace in mind.
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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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The way of truth is like a great highway. It is not hard to find.
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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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There is a power in everything; it is the job of the artist to determine it and express it.
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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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Never lose your child’s heart.
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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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