All things are complete within ourselves.
MENCIUSSecure property in hand leads to peace in mind.
More Mencius Quotes
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The tendency of mans nature to good is like the tendency of water to flow downward.
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The myriad things are complete in us. There is no greater joy than to reflect on ourselves and become sincere.
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Friendship with a man is friendship with his virtue, and does not admit of assumptions of superiority.
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Let not a man do what his sense of right bids him not to do, nor desire what it forbids him to desire. This is sufficient. The skillful artist will not alter his measures for the sake of a stupid workman.
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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 ways are two: love and want of love. That is all.
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The foundation of the world lies in the nation. The foundation of the nation lies in the family. The foundation of the family lies in the individual.
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If the prince of a State love benevolence, he will have no opponent in all the empire.
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Incessant falls teach men to reform, and distress rouses their strength. Life springs from calamity, and death from ease.
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Every duty is a charge, but the charge of oneself is the root of all others.
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He who exerts his mind to the utmost knows his nature.
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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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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.
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Virtue alone is not sufficient for the exercise of government; laws alone cannot carry themselves into practice.
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Mankind fears an evil man but heaven does not.
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