Friendship is one mind in two bodies.
MENCIUSThe Tao is near and people seek it far away.
More Mencius Quotes
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Only those who develop their minds and spirits to the utmost can serve Heaven and fulfill their own destinies.
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If the King loves music, it is well with the land.
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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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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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One who believes all of a book would be better off without books.
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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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Only when someone refuses to do certain things will he be capable of doing great things.
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The gap between enthusiasm and indifference is filled with failures. The great man is he that does not lose his child’s heart.
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The way of learning is none other than finding the lost mind.
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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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Human nature is disposed to do good.
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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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The Tao is near and people seek it far away.
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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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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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