Mankind fears an evil man but heaven does not.
MENCIUSThe way of truth is like a great highway. It is not hard to find.
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He who exerts his mind to the utmost knows his nature.
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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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One who believes all of a book would be better off without books.
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A small country cannot contend with a great; the few cannot contend with the many; the weak cannot contend with the strong.
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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 compassion is the beginning of humanity.
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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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The tendency of mans nature to good is like the tendency of water to flow downward.
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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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The feeling of right or wrong is the beginning of wisdom.
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Listen to a man’s words and look at the pupil of his eye. How can a man conceal his character?
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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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Sincerity is the way to heaven; to think how to be sincere is the way of man.
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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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The myriad things are complete in us. There is no greater joy than to reflect on ourselves and become sincere.
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