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.
MENCIUSIf you know that a thing is unrighteous, then use all dispatch in putting an end to it–why wait till next year?
More Mencius Quotes
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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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The great man is he who does not lose his child’s heart.
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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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All people have the common desire to be elevated in honour, but all people have something still more elevated in themselves without knowing it.
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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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Kindly words do not enter so deeply into men as a reputation for kindness.
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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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The people turn in allegiance to Humanity, as surely as water flows downward or as a wild animal takes cover in the wilderness.
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The great person never loses a childlike spirit.
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A real man is he whose goodness is a part of himself.
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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 way of truth is like a great highway. It is not hard to find.
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Never has a man who has bent himself been able to make others straight.
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The Tao is near and people seek it far away.
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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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