Human nature is good, just as water seeks low ground. There is no man who is not good, just as there is no water that does not flow downward.
MENCIUSThe way of truth is like a great highway. It is not hard to find.
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The feeling of compassion is the beginning of humanity.
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The great person never loses a childlike spirit.
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The great man is he who does not lose his child’s heart.
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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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The regular path of virtue is to be pursued without any bend, and from no view to emolument.
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Only when someone refuses to do certain things will he be capable of doing great things.
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Benevolence is one of the distinguishing characters of man.
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The way of truth is like a great highway. It is not hard to find.
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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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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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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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He who wishes to be benevolent will not be rich.
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In abundance prepare for scarcity.
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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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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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