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Every duty is a charge, but the charge of oneself is the root of all others.

Mencius

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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Ability Change Sincere
The feeling of right or wrong is the beginning of wisdom.
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Beginning Feeling Right Wisdom Wrong
A small country cannot contend with a great; the few cannot contend with the many; the weak cannot contend with the strong.
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Country Greatness Strong Weakness
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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Heart Heaven Philosophy
Kindly words do not enter so deeply into men as a reputation for kindness.
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Kindness Men Reputation
The way of truth is like a great highway. It is not hard to find.
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Path Philosophy Truth Way
Virtue alone is not sufficient for the exercise of government; laws alone cannot carry themselves into practice.
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Alone Enough Exercise Government Law Practice Virtue
Mankind fears an evil man but heaven does not.
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Evil Heaven Men Reality
To lay hold of the mean without taking into account the occasion is like grasping one thing only.
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Oneself Understand
The sole concern of learning is to seek one’s original heart.
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Heart Learning Seek
Sincerity is the way to heaven; to think how to be sincere is the way of man.
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Heaven Men Thinking
The Tao is near and people seek it far away.
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Effort People Spiritual
Human nature is good, just as water seeks low ground. There is no man who is not good, just as there is no water that does not flow downward.
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Goodness Human Humanity Men Nature Water
To feed men and not to love them is to treat them as if they were barnyard cattle. To love them and not respect them is to treat them as if they were household pets.
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Freedom Men Pet
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
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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