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Every duty is a charge, but the charge of oneself is the root of all others.

Mencius

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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Deep Feeling Human People Philosophy Spiritual
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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Character Eyes Hide Men Word
A man must not be without shame, for the shame of being without shame is shamelessness indeed.
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Character Existence Men Shame
Try your best to treat others as you would wish to be treated yourself, and you will find that this is the shortest way to benevolence.
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Inspirational Yourself
Heaven sees as the people see. Heaven hears as the people hear.
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Equality Heaven People See
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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Difficult Evil Men Seek
Benevolence is one of the distinguishing characters of man.
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Character Kindness Men
The way of learning is none other than finding the lost mind.
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Lost Mindset Way
One who believes all of a book would be better off without books.
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Believe Book
The sole concern of learning is to seek one’s original heart.
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Heart Learning Seek
Human nature is good, just as water seeks low ground. There is no man who is not good, just as there is no water that does not flow downward.
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Goodness Human Humanity Men Nature Water
All things are complete within ourselves.
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One Liner Perfection
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
Only when someone refuses to do certain things will he be capable of doing great things.
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Capability Greatness Inspirational
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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Difficult Hands Lying Warrior
If the prince of a State love benevolence, he will have no opponent in all the empire.
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Enemy Government Love

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