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The feeling of right or wrong is the beginning of wisdom.

Mencius

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
Secure property in hand leads to peace in mind.
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Freedom Hands Mindset One Liner Security
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
The gap between enthusiasm and indifference is filled with failures. The great man is he that does not lose his child’s heart.
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Children Failure Heart Men
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
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 feeling of compassion is the beginning of humanity.
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Compassion Feeling Humanity
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
Never lose your child’s heart.
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Children Heart One Liner
He who exerts his mind to the utmost knows his nature.
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Himself Mind Nature
Friends are the siblings God never gave us.
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Friendship God
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
All things are complete within ourselves.
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One Liner Perfection
The feeling of right or wrong is the beginning of wisdom.
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Beginning Feeling Right Wisdom Wrong
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
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

The feeling of right or wrong is the beginning of wisdom.

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