Only those who develop their minds and spirits to the utmost can serve Heaven and fulfill their own destinies.
MENCIUSThe feeling of compassion is the beginning of humanity.
More Mencius Quotes
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The Tao is near and people seek it far away.
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Friendship is one mind in two bodies.
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The way of learning is none other than finding the lost mind.
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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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When one by force subdues men, they do not submit to him in heart. They submit because their strength is not adequate to resist.
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Kindly words do not enter so deeply into men as a reputation for kindness.
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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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Secure property in hand leads to peace in mind.
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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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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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One who believes all of a book would be better off without books.
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A man must first despise himself, and then others will despise him.
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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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Never has a man who has bent himself been able to make others straight.
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Friends are the siblings God never gave us.
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There is a power in everything; it is the job of the artist to determine it and express it.
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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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A real man is he whose goodness is a part of himself.
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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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People are eager to comment on something when they themselves are not in the situation of doing it.
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If you know that a thing is unrighteous, then use all dispatch in putting an end to it–why wait till next year?
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There is no greater delight than to be conscious of sincerity on self-examination.
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He who exerts his mind to the utmost knows his nature.
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The great man does not think beforehand of his words that they may be sincere, nor of his actions that they may be resolute- he simply speaks and does what is right.
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The sole concern of learning is to seek one’s original heart.
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