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Sincerity is the way to heaven; to think how to be sincere is the way of man.

Mencius

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
Kindly words do not enter so deeply into men as a reputation for kindness.
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Kindness Men Reputation
If the prince of a State love benevolence, he will have no opponent in all the empire.
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Enemy Government Love
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
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
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
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 you know that a thing is unrighteous, then use all dispatch in putting an end to it–why wait till next year?
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End Evil Wait Years
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
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
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
He who wishes to be benevolent will not be rich.
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Choice Himself Rich
All things are complete within ourselves.
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One Liner Perfection
Human nature is disposed to do good.
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Goodness Human Nature One Liner Spirituality
A man must first despise himself, and then others will despise him.
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Hate Men
He who goes to the bottom of his own heart knows his own nature; And knowing his own nature, he knows heaven.
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