Sincerity is the way to heaven.
MENCIUSThe feeling of right or wrong is the beginning of wisdom.
More Mencius Quotes
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To feed men and not to love them is to treat them as if they were barnyard cattle. To love them and not respect them is to treat them as if they were household pets.
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Heaven sees as the people see. Heaven hears as the people hear.
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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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The people turn in allegiance to Humanity, as surely as water flows downward or as a wild animal takes cover in the wilderness.
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If the King loves music, it is well with the land.
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A real man is he whose goodness is a part of himself.
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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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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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The way of truth is like a great highway. It is not hard to find.
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If you know that a thing is unrighteous, then use all dispatch in putting an end to it–why wait till next year?
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The great person never loses a childlike spirit.
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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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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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When one by force subdues men, they do not submit to him in heart. They submit because their strength is not adequate to resist.
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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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