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.
MENCIUSAll 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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The best things in life come in threes, like friends, dreams, and memories.
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Sincerity is the way to heaven.
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The sole concern of learning is to seek one’s original heart.
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Secure property in hand leads to peace in mind.
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Never lose your child’s heart.
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The ways are two: love and want of love. That is all.
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The Tao is near and people seek it far away.
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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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There is a power in everything; it is the job of the artist to determine it and express it.
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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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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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The feeling of right or wrong is the beginning of wisdom.
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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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The great man does not think beforehand of his words that they may be sincere, nor of his actions that they may be resolute- he simply speaks and does what is right.
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A man must first despise himself, and then others will despise him.
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