The feeling of compassion is the beginning of humanity.
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Friends are the siblings God never gave us.
More Mencius Quotes
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The feeling of compassion is the beginning of humanity.
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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 the King loves music, it is well with the land.
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A real man is he whose goodness is a part of himself.
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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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By exhaustively examining one’s own mind,one may understand his nature. One who understands his own nature understands Heaven.
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There is no greater delight than to be conscious of sincerity on self-examination.
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Let not a man do what his sense of right bids him not to do, nor desire what it forbids him to desire. This is sufficient. The skillful artist will not alter his measures for the sake of a stupid workman.
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The regular path of virtue is to be pursued without any bend, and from no view to emolument.
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He who loves others is constantly loved by them. He who respects others is constantly respected by them.
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The feeling of right or wrong is the beginning of wisdom.
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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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So I like life and I like righteousness; if I cannot keep the two together, I will let life go and choose righteousness.
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One who believes all of a book would be better off without books.
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The way of learning is none other than finding the lost mind.
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The ways are two: love and want of love. That is all.
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