He who loves others is always loved by them, and he who respects others is always respected by them.
MENCIUSWhen 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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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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To act without clear understanding, to form habits without investigation, to follow a path all one’s life without knowing where it really leads; such is the behavior of the multitude.
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Virtue alone is not sufficient for the exercise of government; laws alone cannot carry themselves into practice.
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If the prince of a State love benevolence, he will have no opponent in all the empire.
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Never lose your child’s heart.
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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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The way of truth is like a great highway. It is not hard to find.
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The Tao is near and people seek it far away.
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If you know that a thing is unrighteous, then use all dispatch in putting an end to it–why wait till next year?
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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 Heaven is about to confer a great office upon you, it first exercises your mind with suffering and your sinews and bones with toil.
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A real man is he whose goodness is a part of himself.
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Secure property in hand leads to peace in mind.
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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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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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