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By exhaustively examining one’s own mind,one may understand his nature. One who understands his own nature understands Heaven.

Mencius

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
Friendship with a man is friendship with his virtue, and does not admit of assumptions of superiority.
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Character Friendship Men
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
There is a power in everything; it is the job of the artist to determine it and express it.
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Artist Job Power
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
Secure property in hand leads to peace in mind.
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Freedom Hands Mindset One Liner Security
All people have the common desire to be elevated in honour, but all people have something still more elevated in themselves without knowing it.
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Deep Desire People Philosophy
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.
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Deep Evil Goodness Negative Perspective Philosophy Spiritual
The sole concern of learning is to seek one’s original heart.
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Heart Learning Seek
In abundance prepare for scarcity.
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Abundance Money One Liner Scarcity
The Tao is near and people seek it far away.
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Effort People Spiritual
I dislike death, however, there are some things I dislike more than death. Therefore, there are times when I will not avoid danger.
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Avoid Danger Death Myself
Heaven sees as the people see. Heaven hears as the people hear.
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Equality Heaven People See
Never has a man who has bent himself been able to make others straight.
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Ability Character Men
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
Friendship is one mind in two bodies.
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Body Friendship Oneself
The great person never loses a childlike spirit.
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Attitude Greatness Person Spirit
Every duty is a charge, but the charge of oneself is the root of all others.
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Duty Responsibility Roots
He who wishes to be benevolent will not be rich.
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Choice Himself Rich
The way of truth is like a great highway. It is not hard to find.
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Path Philosophy Truth Way
He who attends to his greater self becomes a great man, and he who attends to his smaller self becomes a small man.
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Leadership Men Spirituality
Sincerity is the way to heaven; to think how to be sincere is the way of man.
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Heaven Men Thinking
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
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
He who exerts his mind to the utmost knows his nature.
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Himself Mind Nature
The tendency of mans nature to good is like the tendency of water to flow downward.
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Flow Human Nature Water
The best things in life come in threes, like friends, dreams, and memories.
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Dream Friendship Life Material Memories

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