Incessant falls teach men to reform, and distress rouses their strength. Life springs from calamity, and death from ease.
MENCIUSIncessant falls teach men to reform, and distress rouses their strength. Life springs from calamity, and death from ease.
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A man must not be without shame, for the shame of being without shame is shamelessness indeed.
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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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Evil exists to glorify the good. Evil is negative good. It is a relative term. Evil can be transmuted into good. What is evil to one at one time, becomes good at another time to somebody else.
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One who believes all of a book would be better off without books.
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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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All things are already complete in us. There is no greater delight than to be conscious of right within us. If one strives to treat others as he would be treated by them, he shall not fail to come near the perfect life.
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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 myriad things are complete in us. There is no greater joy than to reflect on ourselves and become sincere.
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In abundance prepare for scarcity.
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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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Sincerity is the way to heaven; to think how to be sincere is the way of man.
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Never has a man who has bent himself been able to make others straight.
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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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I dislike death, however, there are some things I dislike more than death. Therefore, there are times when I will not avoid danger.
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The feeling of compassion is the beginning of humanity.
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