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The feeling of right or wrong is the beginning of wisdom.

Mencius

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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Children Failure Heart Men
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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Hands Respect World
A real man is he whose goodness is a part of himself.
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Goodness Man Reality
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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Divine Failure Perfection Philosophy Right
Mankind fears an evil man but heaven does not.
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Evil Heaven Men Reality
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
Heaven sees as the people see. Heaven hears as the people hear.
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Equality Heaven People See
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
If the King loves music, it is well with the land.
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King Land Music Rule
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
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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Force Heart Men Power Resistance
Benevolence is one of the distinguishing characters of man.
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Character Kindness Men
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
The people turn in allegiance to Humanity, as surely as water flows downward or as a wild animal takes cover in the wilderness.
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Animal Humanity People Water Wild
Only those who develop their minds and spirits to the utmost can serve Heaven and fulfill their own destinies.
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Destiny Development Heaven Mindset

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