The tendency of mans nature to good is like the tendency of water to flow downward.
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.
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Friendship is one mind in two bodies.
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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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Human nature is good, just as water seeks low ground. There is no man who is not good, just as there is no water that does not flow downward.
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If you let people follow their feelings, they will be able to do good. This is what is meant by saying that human nature is good.
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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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To act without clear understanding, to form habits without investigation, to follow a path all one’s life without knowing where it really leads; such is the behavior of the multitude.
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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 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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Virtue alone is not sufficient for the exercise of government; laws alone cannot carry themselves into practice.
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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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By exhaustively examining one’s own mind,one may understand his nature. One who understands his own nature understands Heaven.
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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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A real man is he whose goodness is a part of himself.
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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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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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