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The way of learning is none other than finding the lost mind.

Mencius

The disease of men is that they neglect their own fields and go to weed the fields of others.
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Avoid Destroy Hate Man
Men must be decided on what they will not do, and then they are able to act with vigor in what they ought to do.
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Decision Men Vigor
It is not difficult to govern. All one has to do is not to offend the noble families.
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Authority Difficult Family Government
He who exerts his mind to the utmost knows his nature.
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Himself Mind Nature
By exhaustively examining one’s own mind,one may understand his nature. One who understands his own nature understands Heaven.
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Heaven Mind Nature Understand
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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Choice Justice Right Togetherness
The feeling of compassion is the beginning of humanity.
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Compassion Feeling Humanity
To lay hold of the mean without taking into account the occasion is like grasping one thing only.
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Oneself Understand
The ways are two: love and want of love. That is all.
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Compassion Love
Incessant falls teach men to reform, and distress rouses their strength. Life springs from calamity, and death from ease.
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Born Fall Men Philosophy Spirituality Spring
Sincerity is the way to heaven; to think how to be sincere is the way of man.
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Heaven Men Thinking
The best things in life come in threes, like friends, dreams, and memories.
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Dream Friendship Life Material Memories
The great man does not think beforehand of his words that they may be sincere, nor of his actions that they may be resolute- he simply speaks and does what is right.
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Inspirational Men Simplicity Thinking
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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Act Ignorance Leadership Life Understand
The feeling of right or wrong is the beginning of wisdom.
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Beginning Feeling Right Wisdom Wrong
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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Confidence Family Foundation Nation World

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