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Type: Philosopher Quotes Category: Chinese Philosopher Quotes Year of Birth: 371 BC Year of Death: 289 BC Nationality: Chinese Find on Amazon: Mencius Related Authors: Confucius Sun Tzu Xun Zi Hu Shih Zhuangzi Laozi Xi Zhi |
Every duty is a charge, but the charge of oneself is the root of all others.
Mencius 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. Mencius Friends are the siblings God never gave us. Mencius Friendship is one mind in two bodies. Mencius Great is the man who has not lost his childlike heart. Mencius He who attends to his greater self becomes a great man, and he who attends to his smaller self becomes a small man. Mencius If the king loves music, there is little wrong in the land. Mencius It is not difficult to govern. All one has to do is not to offend the noble families. Mencius Kindly words do not enter so deeply into men as a reputation for kindness. Mencius Let men decide firmly what they will not do, and they will be free to do vigorously what they ought to do. Mencius 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. Mencius Mankind fears an evil man but heaven does not. Mencius Sincerity is the way to heaven. Mencius The great man is he who does not lose his child's-heart. Mencius There is no greater delight than to be conscious of sincerity on self-examination. Mencius Truth uttered before its time is always dangerous. Mencius We live, not as we wish to, but as we can. Mencius |
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