He who exerts his mind to the utmost knows his nature.
MENCIUSThe way of truth is like a great highway. It is not hard to find.
More Mencius Quotes
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The Way lies at hand yet it is sought afar off; the thing lies in the easy yet it is sought in the difficult.
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To lay hold of the mean without taking into account the occasion is like grasping one thing only.
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Only when someone refuses to do certain things will he be capable of doing great things.
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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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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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The feeling of compassion is the beginning of humanity.
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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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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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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 tendency of mans nature to good is like the tendency of water to flow downward.
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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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It is not difficult to govern. All one has to do is not to offend the noble families.
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Secure property in hand leads to peace in mind.
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One who believes all of a book would be better off without books.
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A man must first despise himself, and then others will despise him.
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