Heaven sees as the people see. Heaven hears as the people hear.
MENCIUSHe who attends to his greater self becomes a great man, and he who attends to his smaller self becomes a small man.
More Mencius Quotes
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Friendship is one mind in two bodies.
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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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The way of learning is none other than finding the lost mind.
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The way of truth is like a great highway. It is not hard to find.
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The great person never loses a childlike spirit.
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All things are already complete in us. There is no greater delight than to be conscious of right within us. If one strives to treat others as he would be treated by them, he shall not fail to come near the perfect life.
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The regular path of virtue is to be pursued without any bend, and from no view to emolument.
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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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If the King loves music, it is well with the land.
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So I like life and I like righteousness; if I cannot keep the two together, I will let life go and choose righteousness.
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In abundance prepare for scarcity.
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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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The disease of men is that they neglect their own fields and go to weed the fields of others.
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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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Every duty is a charge, but the charge of oneself is the root of all others.
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He who wishes to be benevolent will not be rich.
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Benevolence is one of the distinguishing characters of man.
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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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A real man is he whose goodness is a part of himself.
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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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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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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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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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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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One who believes all of a book would be better off without books.
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To lay hold of the mean without taking into account the occasion is like grasping one thing only.
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