The great man is he who does not lose his child’s heart.
MENCIUSNever 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.
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The way of learning is none other than finding the lost mind.
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Heaven sees as the people see. Heaven hears as the people hear.
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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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If the King loves music, it is well with the land.
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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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The foundation of the world lies in the nation. The foundation of the nation lies in the family. The foundation of the family lies in the individual.
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Never has a man who has bent himself been able to make others straight.
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Truth uttered before its time is dangerous.
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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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Where it is permissible both to die and not to die, it is an abuse of valour to die.
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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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By exhaustively examining one’s own mind,one may understand his nature. One who understands his own nature understands Heaven.
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The people turn in allegiance to Humanity, as surely as water flows downward or as a wild animal takes cover in the wilderness.
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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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There is no greater delight than to be conscious of sincerity on self-examination.
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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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There is a power in everything; it is the job of the artist to determine it and express it.
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The disease of men is that they neglect their own fields and go to weed the fields of others.
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Kindly words do not enter so deeply into men as a reputation for kindness.
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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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He who loves others is constantly loved by them. He who respects others is constantly respected by them.
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He who wishes to be benevolent will not be rich.
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Friendship is one mind in two bodies.
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One who believes all of a book would be better off without books.
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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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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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