Benevolence is one of the distinguishing characters of man.
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If you let people follow their feelings, they will be able to do good. This is what is meant by saying that human nature is good.
More Mencius Quotes
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Benevolence is one of the distinguishing characters of man.
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Secure property in hand leads to peace in mind.
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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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Never has a man who has bent himself been able to make others straight.
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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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The Tao is near and people seek it far away.
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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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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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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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Friendship is one mind in two bodies.
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When Heaven is about to confer a great office upon you, it first exercises your mind with suffering and your sinews and bones with toil.
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Sincerity is the way to heaven.
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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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Only those who develop their minds and spirits to the utmost can serve Heaven and fulfill their own destinies.
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Friends are the siblings God never gave us.
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