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The tendency of mans nature to good is like the tendency of water to flow downward.

Mencius

A man must first despise himself, and then others will despise him.
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Hate Men
Every duty is a charge, but the charge of oneself is the root of all others.
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Duty Responsibility Roots
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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Food Hunger Injury Men Mindset
The way of truth is like a great highway. It is not hard to find.
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Path Philosophy Truth Way
The sole concern of learning is to seek one’s original heart.
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Heart Learning Seek
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
The regular path of virtue is to be pursued without any bend, and from no view to emolument.
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Path View Virtue
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
In abundance prepare for scarcity.
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Abundance Money One Liner Scarcity
If the King loves music, it is well with the land.
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King Land Music Rule
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
He who wishes to be benevolent will not be rich.
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Choice Himself Rich
One who believes all of a book would be better off without books.
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Believe Book
To feed men and not to love them is to treat them as if they were barnyard cattle. To love them and not respect them is to treat them as if they were household pets.
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Freedom Men Pet
Never has there been one possessed of complete sincerity who did not move others. Never has there been one who had not sincerity who was able to move others.
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Ability Change Sincere
The way of learning is none other than finding the lost mind.
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Lost Mindset Way

The tendency of mans nature to good is like the tendency of water to flow downward.

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