People are eager to comment on something when they themselves are not in the situation of doing it.
MENCIUSFriendship is one mind in two bodies.
More Mencius Quotes
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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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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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Only those who develop their minds and spirits to the utmost can serve Heaven and fulfill their own destinies.
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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 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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A real man is he whose goodness is a part of himself.
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Never has a man who has bent himself been able to make others straight.
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He who exerts his mind to the utmost knows his nature.
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The great man does not think beforehand of his words that they may be sincere, nor of his actions that they may be resolute- he simply speaks and does what is right.
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Is it only the mouth and belly which are injured by hunger and thirst? Men’s minds are also injured by them.
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Men must be decided on what they will not do, and then they are able to act with vigor in what they ought to do.
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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 way is near, but men seek it afar. It is in easy things, but men seek for it in difficult things.
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The best things in life come in threes, like friends, dreams, and memories.
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The way of learning is none other than finding the lost mind.
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