Friendship is one mind in two bodies.
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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Never lose your child’s heart.
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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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He who loves others is constantly loved by them. He who respects others is constantly respected by them.
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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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A real man is he whose goodness is a part of himself.
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The myriad things are complete in us. There is no greater joy than to reflect on ourselves and become sincere.
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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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All things are complete within ourselves.
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Secure property in hand leads to peace in mind.
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Human nature is disposed to do good.
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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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Incessant falls teach men to reform, and distress rouses their strength. Life springs from calamity, and death from ease.
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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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A man must not be without shame, for the shame of being without shame is shamelessness indeed.
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Mankind fears an evil man but heaven does not.
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