The feeling of compassion is the beginning of humanity.
MENCIUSHe who exerts his mind to the utmost knows his nature.
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Heaven sees as the people see. Heaven hears as the people hear.
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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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Incessant falls teach men to reform, and distress rouses their strength. Life springs from calamity, and death from ease.
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The sole concern of learning is to seek one’s original 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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He who loves others is always loved by them, and he who respects others is always respected by them.
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The great person never loses a childlike spirit.
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A man must first despise himself, and then others will despise him.
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The feeling of right or wrong is the beginning of wisdom.
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People are eager to comment on something when they themselves are not in the situation of doing it.
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To lay hold of the mean without taking into account the occasion is like grasping one thing only.
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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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Never has a man who has bent himself been able to make others straight.
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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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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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