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.
MENCIUSThe Tao is near and people seek it far away.
More Mencius Quotes
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A real man is he whose goodness is a part of himself.
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The Way lies at hand yet it is sought afar off; the thing lies in the easy yet it is sought in the difficult.
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One who believes all of a book would be better off without books.
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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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Only when someone refuses to do certain things will he be capable of doing great things.
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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 feeling of compassion is the beginning of humanity.
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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 best things in life come in threes, like friends, dreams, and memories.
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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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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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Virtue alone is not sufficient for the exercise of government; laws alone cannot carry themselves into practice.
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So I like life and I like righteousness; if I cannot keep the two together, I will let life go and choose righteousness.
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A man must first despise himself, and then others will despise him.
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Those who follow the part of themselves which is great are great men; those who follow the part which is little are little men.
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