Mankind fears an evil man but heaven does not.
MENCIUSNever has a man who has bent himself been able to make others straight.
More Mencius Quotes
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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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People are eager to comment on something when they themselves are not in the situation of doing it.
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A real man is he whose goodness is a part of himself.
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Men must be decided on what they will not do, and then they are able to act with vigor in what they ought to do.
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In abundance prepare for scarcity.
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He who wishes to be benevolent will not be rich.
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The great person never loses a childlike spirit.
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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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Truth uttered before its time is dangerous.
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There is no greater delight than to be conscious of sincerity on self-examination.
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Kindly words do not enter so deeply into men as a reputation for kindness.
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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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Treat your elders as elders, and extend it to the elders of others; treat your young ones as young ones, and extend it to the young ones of others; then you can turn the whole world in the palm of your hand.
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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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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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