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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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The great person never loses a childlike spirit.
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Attitude Greatness Person Spirit
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
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
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
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
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
Kindly words do not enter so deeply into men as a reputation for kindness.
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Kindness Men Reputation
Mankind fears an evil man but heaven does not.
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Evil Heaven Men Reality
The feeling of compassion is the beginning of humanity.
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Compassion Feeling Humanity
Benevolence is one of the distinguishing characters of man.
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Character Kindness Men
The tendency of mans nature to good is like the tendency of water to flow downward.
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Flow Human Nature Water
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
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
The Tao is near and people seek it far away.
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Effort People Spiritual
The way of truth is like a great highway. It is not hard to find.
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Path Philosophy Truth Way
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

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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