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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.

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
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
The path of duty lies in what is near, and men seek for it in what is remote; the work of duty lies in what is easy, and men seek for it in what is difficult.
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Easy Journey Lying Men Philosophy Seek Way
Kindly words do not enter so deeply into men as a reputation for kindness.
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Kindness Men Reputation
The way of learning is none other than finding the lost mind.
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Lost Mindset Way
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
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
The great man is he who does not lose his child’s heart.
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Children Greatness Heart Man Wisdom
The Tao is near and people seek it far away.
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Effort People Spiritual
Secure property in hand leads to peace in mind.
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Freedom Hands Mindset One Liner Security
The feeling of compassion is the beginning of humanity.
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Compassion Feeling Humanity
A man must not be without shame, for the shame of being without shame is shamelessness indeed.
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Character Existence Men Shame
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
When Heaven is about to confer a great office upon you, it first exercises your mind with suffering and your sinews and bones with toil.
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Greatness Heaven Suffering
The sole concern of learning is to seek one’s original heart.
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Heart Learning Seek
The great person never loses a childlike spirit.
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Attitude Greatness Person Spirit

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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