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Human nature is disposed to do good.

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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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Choice Justice Right Togetherness
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
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 people have the common desire to be elevated in honour, but all people have something still more elevated in themselves without knowing it.
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Deep Desire People Philosophy
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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Easy Men Philosophy Seek Way
One who believes all of a book would be better off without books.
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Believe Book
The disease of men is that they neglect their own fields and go to weed the fields of others.
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Avoid Destroy Hate Man
Secure property in hand leads to peace in mind.
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Freedom Hands Mindset One Liner Security
People are eager to comment on something when they themselves are not in the situation of doing it.
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Advice People Talk
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
A man must not be without shame, for the shame of being without shame is shamelessness indeed.
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Character Existence Men Shame
If you know that a thing is unrighteous, then use all dispatch in putting an end to it–why wait till next year?
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End Evil Wait Years
Mankind fears an evil man but heaven does not.
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Evil Heaven Men Reality
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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Inspirational Yourself
The way of truth is like a great highway. It is not hard to find.
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Path Philosophy Truth Way
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

Human nature is disposed to do good.

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