The great person never loses a childlike spirit.
MENCIUSThe feeling of right or wrong is the beginning of wisdom.
More Mencius Quotes
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Benevolence is one of the distinguishing characters of man.
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Never has there been one possessed of complete sincerity who did not move others. Never has there been one who had not sincerity who was able to move others.
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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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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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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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The Tao is near and people seek it far away.
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The Way lies at hand yet it is sought afar off; the thing lies in the easy yet it is sought in the difficult.
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Heaven sees as the people see. Heaven hears as the people hear.
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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 myriad things are complete in us. There is no greater joy than to reflect on ourselves and become sincere.
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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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The tendency of mans nature to good is like the tendency of water to flow downward.
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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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By exhaustively examining one’s own mind,one may understand his nature. One who understands his own nature understands Heaven.
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Never has a man who has bent himself been able to make others straight.
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