Sincerity is the way to heaven.
MENCIUSThe way of truth is like a great highway. It is not hard to find.
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Men must be decided on what they will not do, and then they are able to act with vigor in what they ought to do.
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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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So I like life and I like righteousness; if I cannot keep the two together, I will let life go and choose righteousness.
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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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A man must not be without shame, for the shame of being without shame is shamelessness indeed.
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A real man is he whose goodness is a part of himself.
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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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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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He who exerts his mind to the utmost knows his nature.
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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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The best things in life come in threes, like friends, dreams, and memories.
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Try your best to treat others as you would wish to be treated yourself, and you will find that this is the shortest way to benevolence.
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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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Incessant falls teach men to reform, and distress rouses their strength. Life springs from calamity, and death from ease.
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The tendency of mans nature to good is like the tendency of water to flow downward.
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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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I dislike death, however, there are some things I dislike more than death. Therefore, there are times when I will not avoid danger.
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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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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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Never has a man who has bent himself been able to make others straight.
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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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People are eager to comment on something when they themselves are not in the situation of doing it.
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Friends are the siblings God never gave us.
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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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Heaven sees as the people see. Heaven hears as the people hear.
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Kindly words do not enter so deeply into men as a reputation for kindness.
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