All things are complete within ourselves.
MENCIUSHe who loves others is constantly loved by them. He who respects others is constantly respected by them.
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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To lay hold of the mean without taking into account the occasion is like grasping one thing only.
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If the prince of a State love benevolence, he will have no opponent in all the empire.
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There is a power in everything; it is the job of the artist to determine it and express it.
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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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The ways are two: love and want of love. That is all.
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The best things in life come in threes, like friends, dreams, and memories.
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Sincerity is the way to heaven; to think how to be sincere is the way of man.
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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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Incessant falls teach men to reform, and distress rouses their strength. Life springs from calamity, and death from ease.
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Friendship is one mind in two bodies.
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The Way lies at hand yet it is sought afar off; the thing lies in the easy yet it is sought in the difficult.
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Human nature is disposed to do good.
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