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By exhaustively examining one’s own mind,one may understand his nature. One who understands his own nature understands Heaven.

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A real man is he whose goodness is a part of himself.
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Goodness Man Reality
The Way lies at hand yet it is sought afar off; the thing lies in the easy yet it is sought in the difficult.
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Difficult Hands Lying Warrior
Benevolence is one of the distinguishing characters of man.
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Character Kindness Men
If the prince of a State love benevolence, he will have no opponent in all the empire.
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Enemy Government Love
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
Listen to a man’s words and look at the pupil of his eye. How can a man conceal his character?
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Character Eyes Hide Men Word
The great man is he who does not lose his child’s heart.
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Children Greatness Heart Man Wisdom
Kindly words do not enter so deeply into men as a reputation for kindness.
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Kindness Men Reputation
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
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
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
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
Friendship with a man is friendship with his virtue, and does not admit of assumptions of superiority.
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Character Friendship Men
Friendship is one mind in two bodies.
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Body Friendship Oneself
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 way of learning is none other than finding the lost mind.
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Lost Mindset Way

By exhaustively examining one’s own mind,one may understand his nature. One who understands his own nature understands Heaven.

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