Never has there been one possessed of complete sincerity who did not move others. Never has there been one who had not sincerity who was able to move others.
MENCIUSThe sole concern of learning is to seek one’s original heart.
More Mencius Quotes
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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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To feed men and not to love them is to treat them as if they were barnyard cattle. To love them and not respect them is to treat them as if they were household pets.
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Where it is permissible both to die and not to die, it is an abuse of valour to die.
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The ways are two: love and want of love. That is all.
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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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Only when someone refuses to do certain things will he be capable of doing great things.
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Mankind fears an evil man but heaven does not.
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He who wishes to be benevolent will not be rich.
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Human nature is good, just as water seeks low ground. There is no man who is not good, just as there is no water that does not flow downward.
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The Tao is near and people seek it far away.
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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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The great man is he who does not lose his child’s heart.
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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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Every duty is a charge, but the charge of oneself is the root of all others.
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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.
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