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The great man is he who does not lose his child’s heart.

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Benevolence is one of the distinguishing characters of man.
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Character Kindness Men
Friendship with a man is friendship with his virtue, and does not admit of assumptions of superiority.
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Character Friendship Men
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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Decision Men Vigor
Incessant falls teach men to reform, and distress rouses their strength. Life springs from calamity, and death from ease.
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Born Fall Men Philosophy Spirituality Spring
The tendency of mans nature to good is like the tendency of water to flow downward.
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Flow Human Nature Water
Where it is permissible both to die and not to die, it is an abuse of valour to die.
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Death Freedom
Only when someone refuses to do certain things will he be capable of doing great things.
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Capability Greatness Inspirational
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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Difficult Hands Lying Warrior
When one by force subdues men, they do not submit to him in heart. They submit because their strength is not adequate to resist.
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Force Heart Men Power Resistance
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 Heaven Philosophy
He who loves others is constantly loved by them. He who respects others is constantly respected by them.
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Himself Love Respect
Kindly words do not enter so deeply into men as a reputation for kindness.
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Kindness Men Reputation
The Tao is near and people seek it far away.
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Effort People Spiritual
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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Hands Respect World
The way of learning is none other than finding the lost mind.
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Lost Mindset Way
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.
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Goodness Human Humanity Men Nature Water

The great man is he who does not lose his child’s heart.

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