The people turn in allegiance to Humanity, as surely as water flows downward or as a wild animal takes cover in the wilderness.
MENCIUSOne who believes all of a book would be better off without books.
More Mencius Quotes
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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 wishes to be benevolent will not be rich.
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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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He who exerts his mind to the utmost knows his nature.
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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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He who loves others is always loved by them, and he who respects others is always respected by them.
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All people have the common desire to be elevated in honour, but all people have something still more elevated in themselves without knowing it.
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Only when someone refuses to do certain things will he be capable of doing great things.
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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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Friendship is one mind in two bodies.
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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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Let not a man do what his sense of right bids him not to do, nor desire what it forbids him to desire. This is sufficient. The skillful artist will not alter his measures for the sake of a stupid workman.
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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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