The feeling of compassion is the beginning of humanity.
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Sincerity is the way to heaven.
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The feeling of compassion is the beginning of humanity.
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He who exerts his mind to the utmost knows his nature.
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Treat your elders as elders, and extend it to the elders of others; treat your young ones as young ones, and extend it to the young ones of others; then you can turn the whole world in the palm of your hand.
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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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Never lose your child’s heart.
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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 way of learning is none other than finding the lost mind.
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He who wishes to be benevolent will not be rich.
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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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The Way lies at hand yet it is sought afar off; the thing lies in the easy yet it is sought in the difficult.
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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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There is no greater delight than to be conscious of sincerity on self-examination.
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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.
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By exhaustively examining one’s own mind,one may understand his nature. One who understands his own nature understands Heaven.
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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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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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