Friendship is one mind in two bodies.
MENCIUSWhen one by force subdues men, they do not submit to him in heart. They submit because their strength is not adequate to resist.
More Mencius Quotes
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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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Virtue alone is not sufficient for the exercise of government; laws alone cannot carry themselves into practice.
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Only when someone refuses to do certain things will he be capable of doing great things.
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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 Tao is near and people seek it far away.
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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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A real man is he whose goodness is a part of himself.
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Incessant falls teach men to reform, and distress rouses their strength. Life springs from calamity, and death from ease.
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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 of truth is like a great road. It is not difficult to know it. The evil is only that men will not seek it.
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He who exerts his mind to the utmost knows his nature.
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I dislike death, however, there are some things I dislike more than death. Therefore, there are times when I will not avoid danger.
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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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Friendship with a man is friendship with his virtue, and does not admit of assumptions of superiority.
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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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So 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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It is not difficult to govern. All one has to do is not to offend the noble families.
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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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One who believes all of a book would be better off without books.
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Heaven sees as the people see. Heaven hears as the people hear.
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The sole concern of learning is to seek one’s original heart.
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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 ways are two: love and want of love. That is all.
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Benevolence is one of the distinguishing characters of man.
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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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He who goes to the bottom of his own heart knows his own nature; And knowing his own nature, he knows heaven.
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