The great man is he who does not lose his child’s heart.
MENCIUSThe ways are two: love and want of love. That is all.
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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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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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Friends are the siblings God never gave us.
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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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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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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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The regular path of virtue is to be pursued without any bend, and from no view to emolument.
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A man must first despise himself, and then others will despise him.
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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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Where it is permissible both to die and not to die, it is an abuse of valour to die.
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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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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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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 best things in life come in threes, like friends, dreams, and memories.
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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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