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.
MENCIUSA small country cannot contend with a great; the few cannot contend with the many; the weak cannot contend with the strong.
More Mencius Quotes
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The feeling of right or wrong is the beginning of wisdom.
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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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If the King loves music, it is well with the land.
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Secure property in hand leads to peace in mind.
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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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Those who follow the part of themselves which is great are great men; those who follow the part which is little are little men.
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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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Only when someone refuses to do certain things will he be capable of doing great things.
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People are eager to comment on something when they themselves are not in the situation of doing it.
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When one by force subdues men, they do not submit to him in heart. They submit because their strength is not adequate to resist.
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The Tao is near and people seek it far away.
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Friends are the siblings God never gave us.
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Sincerity is the way to heaven.
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Friendship is one mind in two bodies.
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Evil 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.
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