The Way lies at hand yet it is sought afar off; the thing lies in the easy yet it is sought in the difficult.
MENCIUSIn abundance prepare for scarcity.
More Mencius Quotes
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Men must be decided on what they will not do, and then they are able to act with vigor in what they ought to do.
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Mankind fears an evil man but heaven does not.
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Only when someone refuses to do certain things will he be capable of doing great things.
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A real man is he whose goodness is a part of himself.
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The sole concern of learning is to seek one’s original heart.
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He who loves others is constantly loved by them. He who respects others is constantly respected by them.
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The great person never loses a childlike spirit.
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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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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 man must not be without shame, for the shame of being without shame is shamelessness indeed.
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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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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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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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The disease of men is that they neglect their own fields and go to weed the fields of others.
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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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By exhaustively examining one’s own mind,one may understand his nature. One who understands his own nature understands Heaven.
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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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A man must first despise himself, and then others will despise him.
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The great man is he who does not lose his 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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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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One who believes all of a book would be better off without books.
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He who wishes to be benevolent will not be rich.
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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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If you let people follow their feelings, they will be able to do good. This is what is meant by saying that human nature is good.
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The way of learning is none other than finding the lost mind.
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