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The way is near, but men seek it afar. It is in easy things, but men seek for it in difficult things.

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Friendship is one mind in two bodies.
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Body Friendship Oneself
It is not difficult to govern. All one has to do is not to offend the noble families.
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Authority Difficult Family Government
He who loves others is always loved by them, and he who respects others is always respected by them.
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Love Reaction Respect Treat
The ways are two: love and want of love. That is all.
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Compassion Love
The tendency of mans nature to good is like the tendency of water to flow downward.
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Flow Human Nature Water
Friends are the siblings God never gave us.
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Friendship God
The way of learning is none other than finding the lost mind.
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Lost Mindset Way
The great person never loses a childlike spirit.
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Attitude Greatness Person Spirit
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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Act Ignorance Leadership Life Understand
Human nature is disposed to do good.
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Goodness Human Nature One Liner Spirituality
Truth uttered before its time is dangerous.
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Honesty Time Truth
Sincerity is the way to heaven; to think how to be sincere is the way of man.
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Heaven Men Thinking
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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Divine Failure Perfection Philosophy Right
The feeling of right or wrong is the beginning of wisdom.
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Beginning Feeling Right Wisdom Wrong
The regular path of virtue is to be pursued without any bend, and from no view to emolument.
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Path View Virtue
The best things in life come in threes, like friends, dreams, and memories.
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Dream Friendship Life Material Memories

The way is near, but men seek it afar. It is in easy things, but men seek for it in difficult things.

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