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Sincerity is the way to heaven; to think how to be sincere is the way of man.

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If the King loves music, it is well with the land.
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King Land Music Rule
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 feeling of right or wrong is the beginning of wisdom.
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Beginning Feeling Right Wisdom Wrong
Every duty is a charge, but the charge of oneself is the root of all others.
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Duty Responsibility Roots
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
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
Sincerity is the way to heaven.
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Heaven Sincere
If the prince of a State love benevolence, he will have no opponent in all the empire.
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Enemy Government Love
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
There is no greater delight than to be conscious of sincerity on self-examination.
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Greatness Sincere
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
All things are complete within ourselves.
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One Liner Perfection
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 way of learning is none other than finding the lost mind.
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Lost Mindset Way
He who exerts his mind to the utmost knows his nature.
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Himself Mind Nature
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

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