The feeling of right or wrong is the beginning of wisdom.
MENCIUSThe tendency of mans nature to good is like the tendency of water to flow downward.
More Mencius Quotes
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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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I dislike death, however, there are some things I dislike more than death. Therefore, there are times when I will not avoid danger.
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Only when someone refuses to do certain things will he be capable of doing great things.
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He who loves others is always loved by them, and he who respects others is always respected by them.
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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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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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He who wishes to be benevolent will not be rich.
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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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It is not difficult to govern. All one has to do is not to offend the noble families.
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The great man is he who does not lose his child’s heart.
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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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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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Where it is permissible both to die and not to die, it is an abuse of valour to die.
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Mankind fears an evil man but heaven does not.
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He who exerts his mind to the utmost knows his nature.
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