Sincerity is the way to heaven; to think how to be sincere is the way of man.
MENCIUSSincerity is the way to heaven; to think how to be sincere is the way of man.
MENCIUSTry 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.
MENCIUSMankind fears an evil man but heaven does not.
MENCIUSHe who loves others is constantly loved by them. He who respects others is constantly respected by them.
MENCIUSIs it only the mouth and belly which are injured by hunger and thirst? Men’s minds are also injured by them.
MENCIUSThe great person never loses a childlike spirit.
MENCIUSMen must be decided on what they will not do, and then they are able to act with vigor in what they ought to do.
MENCIUSHe who attends to his greater self becomes a great man, and he who attends to his smaller self becomes a small man.
MENCIUSOnly those who develop their minds and spirits to the utmost can serve Heaven and fulfill their own destinies.
MENCIUSAll things are complete within ourselves.
MENCIUSEvil exists to glorify the good. Evil is negative good. It is a relative term. Evil can be transmuted into good. What is evil to one at one time, becomes good at another time to somebody else.
MENCIUSWhen one by force subdues men, they do not submit to him in heart. They submit because their strength is not adequate to resist.
MENCIUSHuman nature is disposed to do good.
MENCIUSKindly words do not enter so deeply into men as a reputation for kindness.
MENCIUSThe sole concern of learning is to seek one’s original heart.
MENCIUSSo 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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