He who attends to his greater self becomes a great man, and he who attends to his smaller self becomes a small man.
MENCIUSThe way of truth is like a great highway. It is not hard to find.
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The gap between enthusiasm and indifference is filled with failures. The great man is he that does not lose his child’s heart.
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Never lose your child’s heart.
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If you let people follow their feelings, they will be able to do good. This is what is meant by saying that human nature is good.
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The feeling of right or wrong is the beginning of wisdom.
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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 way of truth is like a great road. It is not difficult to know it. The evil is only that men will not seek 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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A real man is he whose goodness is a part of himself.
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Every duty is a charge, but the charge of oneself is the root of all others.
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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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All things are complete within ourselves.
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Friends are the siblings God never gave us.
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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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Friendship is one mind in two bodies.
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Sincerity is the way to heaven.
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