The Tao is near and people seek it far away.
MENCIUSThe sole concern of learning is to seek one’s original heart.
More Mencius Quotes
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The best things in life come in threes, like friends, dreams, and memories.
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Sincerity is the way to heaven.
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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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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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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.
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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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Try your best to treat others as you would wish to be treated yourself, and you will find that this is the shortest way to benevolence.
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Never lose your child’s heart.
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In abundance prepare for scarcity.
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He who goes to the bottom of his own heart knows his own nature; And knowing his own nature, he knows heaven.
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The disease of men is that they neglect their own fields and go to weed the fields of others.
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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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The path of duty lies in what is near, and men seek for it in what is remote; the work of duty lies in what is easy, and men seek for it in what is difficult.
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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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A real man is he whose goodness is a part of himself.
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