Secure property in hand leads to peace in mind.
MENCIUSThe Tao is near and people seek it far away.
More Mencius Quotes
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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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A real man is he whose goodness is a part of himself.
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He who attends to his greater self becomes a great man, and he who attends to his smaller self becomes a small man.
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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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The Tao is near and people seek it far away.
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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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Only those who develop their minds and spirits to the utmost can serve Heaven and fulfill their own destinies.
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Never has a man who has bent himself been able to make others straight.
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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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The way is near, but men seek it afar. It is in easy things, but men seek for it in difficult things.
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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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The great person never loses a childlike spirit.
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Benevolence is one of the distinguishing characters of man.
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Friends are the siblings God never gave us.
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Never lose your child’s heart.
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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 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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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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He who loves others is always loved by them, and he who respects others is always respected by them.
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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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He who loves others is constantly loved by them. He who respects others is constantly respected by them.
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Is it only the mouth and belly which are injured by hunger and thirst? Men’s minds are also injured by them.
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If the prince of a State love benevolence, he will have no opponent in all the empire.
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Human nature is disposed to do good.
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The tendency of mans nature to good is like the tendency of water to flow downward.
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The regular path of virtue is to be pursued without any bend, and from no view to emolument.
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