The great person never loses a childlike spirit.
MENCIUSBenevolence is one of the distinguishing characters of man.
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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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By exhaustively examining one’s own mind,one may understand his nature. One who understands his own nature understands Heaven.
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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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The tendency of mans nature to good is like the tendency of water to flow downward.
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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 feeling of compassion is the beginning of humanity.
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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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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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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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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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Only those who develop their minds and spirits to the utmost can serve Heaven and fulfill their own destinies.
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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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It is not difficult to govern. All one has to do is not to offend the noble families.
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All people have the common desire to be elevated in honour, but all people have something still more elevated in themselves without knowing it.
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If the King loves music, it is well with the land.
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