In abundance prepare for scarcity.
MENCIUSThe tendency of mans nature to good is like the tendency of water to flow downward.
More Mencius Quotes
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Only those who develop their minds and spirits to the utmost can serve Heaven and fulfill their own destinies.
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The ways are two: love and want of love. That is all.
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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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He who wishes to be benevolent will not be rich.
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Never has a man who has bent himself been able to make others straight.
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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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He who attends to his greater self becomes a great man, and he who attends to his smaller self becomes a small man.
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All things are complete within ourselves.
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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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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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A man must not be without shame, for the shame of being without shame is shamelessness indeed.
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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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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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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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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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