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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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  Leadership, Men, Self

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• He who exerts his mind to the utmost knows his nature.

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  Mind, Knows

  "The Mencius". 7A:1, as translated by Wing-tsit Chan in "A Source Book in Chinese Philosophy", p. 62, 1963.

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• To feed men and not to love them is to treat them as if they were barnyard cattle. To love them and not respect them is to treat them as if they were household pets.

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  Freedom, Men, Pet

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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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  Men, Thinking, Heaven

  Confucius, Mencius, Ming Zuoqiu, Tso-ch'iu Ming (1861). “The Chinese Classics”, p.179

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• Friends are the siblings God never gave us.

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  Friendship, Brother, True Friend

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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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  Exercise, Office, Heaven

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• Never has a man who has bent himself been able to make others straight.

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  Men, Able, Bent

  Confucius, Mencius, Ming Zuoqiu, Tso-ch'iu Ming (1861). “The Chinese Classics”, p.140

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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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  Warrior, Samurai, Martial Arts

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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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  Character, Eye, Men

  Confucius, Mencius, Ming Zuoqiu, Tso-ch'iu Ming (1861). “The Chinese Classics”, p.182

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• A man must first despise himself, and then others will despise him.

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  Men, Firsts, Despise

  Confucius, Mencius, Ming Zuoqiu, Tso-ch'iu Ming (1861). “The Chinese Classics”, p.175

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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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  Evil, Negative, Goodness

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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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  Heart, Knowing, Heaven

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• The ways are two: love and want of love. That is all.

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  Compassion, Two, Want

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• The Way lies at hand yet it is sought afar off; the thing lies in the easy yet it is sought in the difficult.

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  Lying, Warrior, Hands

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• If you love men and they are unfriendly, look into your love; if you rule men and they are unruly, look into your wisdom; if you are courteous to them and they do not respond, look into your courtesy. If what you do is vain, always seek within.

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  Wisdom, Men, Looks

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• Never lose your child's heart.

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  Children, Heart, Your Children

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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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  People, Feelings, Able

  The Book of Mencius bk. 6, pt. 1, v. 6

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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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  Death, Abuse, Dies

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• The way of truth is like a great highway. It is not hard to find.

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  Way, Truth Is, Highways

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• There is the work of great men and there is the work of little men. Therefore it is said, 'Some labor with their minds and some labor with their strength. Those who labor with their minds govern others; those who labor with their strength are governed by others.'1 Those who are governed by others support them; those who govern them are supported by them. This is a universal principle.

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  Men, Support, Mind

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• Never 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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  Moving, Able, Sincerity

  Confucius, Mencius, Ming Zuoqiu, Tso-ch'iu Ming (1861). “The Chinese Classics”, p.179

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• The way of learning is none other than finding the lost mind.

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  Mind, Way, Lost

  "The Mencius". 6A:11, as translated by Wing-tsit Chan in "A Source Book in Chinese Philosophy", p. 58, 1963.

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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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  Two, Together, Righteousness

  Mencius, James Legge (1875). “The Life and Works of Mencius: With Essays and Notes”, p.316

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• Sincerity is the way to heaven.

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  Reality, Heaven, Way

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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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  Happiness, Joy, Sincere

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