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Sincerity is the way to heaven.

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Human nature is disposed to do good.
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Goodness Human Nature One Liner Spirituality
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 Reflection Sincere
The Tao is near and people seek it far away.
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Effort People Spiritual
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 Spirituality
Those who follow the part of themselves which is great are great men; those who follow the part which is little are little men.
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Greatness Men
A small country cannot contend with a great; the few cannot contend with the many; the weak cannot contend with the strong.
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Country Greatness Strong Weakness
One who believes all of a book would be better off without books.
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Believe Book
The way of learning is none other than finding the lost mind.
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Lost Mindset Way
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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Choice Justice Right Togetherness
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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Artist Desire Men Stupidity
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
He who wishes to be benevolent will not be rich.
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Choice Himself Rich
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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Greatness Heaven Suffering
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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Deep Feeling Human People Philosophy Spiritual
Friends are the siblings God never gave us.
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Friendship God
Every duty is a charge, but the charge of oneself is the root of all others.
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Duty Responsibility Roots

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