When one by force subdues men, they do not submit to him in heart. They submit because their strength is not adequate to resist.
MENCIUSThe best things in life come in threes, like friends, dreams, and memories.
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The Tao is near and people seek it far away.
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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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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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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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Sincerity is the way to heaven; to think how to be sincere is the way of man.
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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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The way is near, but men seek it afar. It is in easy things, but men seek for it in difficult things.
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People are eager to comment on something when they themselves are not in the situation of doing it.
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The foundation of the world lies in the nation. The foundation of the nation lies in the family. The foundation of the family lies in the individual.
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There is a power in everything; it is the job of the artist to determine it and express it.
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There is no greater delight than to be conscious of sincerity on self-examination.
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Incessant falls teach men to reform, and distress rouses their strength. Life springs from calamity, and death from ease.
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The great man is he who does not lose his child’s heart.
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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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It is not difficult to govern. All one has to do is not to offend the noble families.
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