If you know that a thing is unrighteous, then use all dispatch in putting an end to it–why wait till next year?
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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Human nature is disposed to do good.
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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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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 best things in life come in threes, like friends, dreams, and memories.
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The sole concern of learning is to seek one’s original heart.
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The feeling of compassion is the beginning of humanity.
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All things are already complete in us. There is no greater delight than to be conscious of right within us. If one strives to treat others as he would be treated by them, he shall not fail to come near the perfect life.
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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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He who attends to his greater self becomes a great man, and he who attends to his smaller self becomes a small man.
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He who loves others is constantly loved by them. He who respects others is constantly respected by them.
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Let not a man do what his sense of right bids him not to do, nor desire what it forbids him to desire. This is sufficient. The skillful artist will not alter his measures for the sake of a stupid workman.
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There is no greater delight than to be conscious of sincerity on self-examination.
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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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Benevolence is one of the distinguishing characters of man.
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Kindly words do not enter so deeply into men as a reputation for kindness.
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