The best things in life come in threes, like friends, dreams, and memories.
MENCIUSThe Tao is near and people seek it far away.
More Mencius Quotes
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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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Secure property in hand leads to peace in mind.
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Heaven sees as the people see. Heaven hears as the people hear.
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All things are complete within ourselves.
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He who wishes to be benevolent will not be rich.
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The tendency of mans nature to good is like the tendency of water to flow downward.
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Kindly words do not enter so deeply into men as a reputation for kindness.
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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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The sole concern of learning is to seek one’s original heart.
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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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There is no greater delight than to be conscious of sincerity on self-examination.
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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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By exhaustively examining one’s own mind,one may understand his nature. One who understands his own nature understands Heaven.
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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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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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