Incessant falls teach men to reform, and distress rouses their strength. Life springs from calamity, and death from ease.
MENCIUSTreat 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.
More Mencius Quotes
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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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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 sole concern of learning is to seek one’s original heart.
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The foundation of the world lies in the nation. The foundation of the nation lies in the family. The foundation of the family lies in the individual.
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The way of truth is like a great highway. It is not hard to find.
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The feeling of compassion is the beginning of humanity.
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Mankind fears an evil man but heaven does not.
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A man must first despise himself, and then others will despise him.
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Virtue alone is not sufficient for the exercise of government; laws alone cannot carry themselves into practice.
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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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To act without clear understanding, to form habits without investigation, to follow a path all one’s life without knowing where it really leads; such is the behavior of the multitude.
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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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Never has a man who has bent himself been able to make others straight.
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Friends are the siblings God never gave us.
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