The ways are two: love and want of love. That is all.
MENCIUSMankind fears an evil man but heaven does not.
More Mencius Quotes
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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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It is not difficult to govern. All one has to do is not to offend the noble families.
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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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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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A man must not be without shame, for the shame of being without shame is shamelessness indeed.
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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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Listen to a man’s words and look at the pupil of his eye. How can a man conceal his character?
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Friends are the siblings God never gave us.
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The way of truth is like a great highway. It is not hard to find.
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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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Sincerity is the way to heaven; to think how to be sincere is the way of man.
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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 great person never loses a childlike spirit.
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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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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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The disease of men is that they neglect their own fields and go to weed the fields of others.
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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 learning is none other than finding the lost mind.
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By exhaustively examining one’s own mind,one may understand his nature. One who understands his own nature understands Heaven.
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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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One who believes all of a book would be better off without books.
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All things are complete within ourselves.
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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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Treat your elders as elders, and extend it to the elders of others; treat your young ones as young ones, and extend it to the young ones of others; then you can turn the whole world in the palm of your hand.
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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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The best things in life come in threes, like friends, dreams, and memories.
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