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The ways are two: love and want of love. That is all.

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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
Truth uttered before its time is dangerous.
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Honesty Time Truth
Secure property in hand leads to peace in mind.
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Freedom Hands Mindset One Liner Security
Only those who develop their minds and spirits to the utmost can serve Heaven and fulfill their own destinies.
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Destiny Development Heaven Mindset
By exhaustively examining one’s own mind,one may understand his nature. One who understands his own nature understands Heaven.
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Heaven Mind Nature Understand
The Tao is near and people seek it far away.
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Effort People Spiritual
In abundance prepare for scarcity.
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Abundance Money One Liner Scarcity
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
One who believes all of a book would be better off without books.
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Believe Book
Benevolence is one of the distinguishing characters of man.
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Character Kindness Men
When one by force subdues men, they do not submit to him in heart. They submit because their strength is not adequate to resist.
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Force Heart Men Power Resistance
The way of learning is none other than finding the lost mind.
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Lost Mindset Way
He who loves others is constantly loved by them. He who respects others is constantly respected by them.
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Himself Love Respect
The tendency of mans nature to good is like the tendency of water to flow downward.
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Flow Human Nature Water
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
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

The ways are two: love and want of love. That is all.

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