Never has there been one possessed of complete sincerity who did not move others. Never has there been one who had not sincerity who was able to move others.
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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.
More Mencius Quotes
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Never has there been one possessed of complete sincerity who did not move others. Never has there been one who had not sincerity who was able to move others.
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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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Sincerity is the way to heaven; to think how to be sincere is the way of man.
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The ways are two: love and want of love. That is all.
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The tendency of mans nature to good is like the tendency of water to flow downward.
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The great man is he who does not lose his child’s heart.
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If the prince of a State love benevolence, he will have no opponent in all the empire.
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A man must not be without shame, for the shame of being without shame is shamelessness indeed.
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Never has a man who has bent himself been able to make others straight.
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A man must first despise himself, and then others will despise him.
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The way of learning is none other than finding the lost mind.
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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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Every duty is a charge, but the charge of oneself is the root of all others.
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The myriad things are complete in us. There is no greater joy than to reflect on ourselves and become sincere.
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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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A small country cannot contend with a great; the few cannot contend with the many; the weak cannot contend with the strong.
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