The way is near, but men seek it afar. It is in easy things, but men seek for it in difficult things.
MENCIUSSecure property in hand leads to peace in mind.
More Mencius Quotes
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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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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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A small country cannot contend with a great; the few cannot contend with the many; the weak cannot contend with the strong.
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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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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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Friends are the siblings God never gave us.
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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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Human nature is disposed to do good.
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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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The people turn in allegiance to Humanity, as surely as water flows downward or as a wild animal takes cover in the wilderness.
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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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Is it only the mouth and belly which are injured by hunger and thirst? Men’s minds are also injured by them.
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Heaven sees as the people see. Heaven hears as the people hear.
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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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