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Only those who develop their minds and spirits to the utmost can serve Heaven and fulfill their own destinies.

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The foundation of the world lies in the nation. The foundation of the nation lies in the family. The foundation of the family lies in the individual.
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Confidence Family Foundation Nation World
Friends are the siblings God never gave us.
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Friendship God
He who wishes to be benevolent will not be rich.
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Choice Himself Rich
Truth uttered before its time is dangerous.
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Honesty Time Truth
The Tao is near and people seek it far away.
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Effort People Spiritual
To lay hold of the mean without taking into account the occasion is like grasping one thing only.
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Oneself Understand
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
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 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
All things are complete within ourselves.
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One Liner Perfection
Is it only the mouth and belly which are injured by hunger and thirst? Men’s minds are also injured by them.
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Food Hunger Injury Men Mindset
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
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
The ways are two: love and want of love. That is all.
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Compassion Love
A real man is he whose goodness is a part of himself.
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Goodness Man Reality
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

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