All things are complete within ourselves.
MENCIUSOnly when someone refuses to do certain things will he be capable of doing great things.
More Mencius Quotes
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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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He who loves others is constantly loved by them. He who respects others is constantly respected by them.
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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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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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Every duty is a charge, but the charge of oneself is the root of all others.
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The feeling of compassion is the beginning of humanity.
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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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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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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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Only when someone refuses to do certain things will he be capable of doing great things.
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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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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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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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Heaven sees as the people see. Heaven hears as the people hear.
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The great person never loses a childlike spirit.
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