All things are complete within ourselves.
MENCIUSHe who exerts his mind to the utmost knows his nature.
More Mencius Quotes
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The gap between enthusiasm and indifference is filled with failures. The great man is he that does not lose his child’s heart.
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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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If you know that a thing is unrighteous, then use all dispatch in putting an end to it–why wait till next year?
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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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To lay hold of the mean without taking into account the occasion is like grasping one thing only.
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Human nature is disposed to do good.
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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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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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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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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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Secure property in hand leads to peace in mind.
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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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The way of truth is like a great highway. It is not hard to find.
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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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There is a power in everything; it is the job of the artist to determine it and express it.
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