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All people have the common desire to be elevated in honour, but all people have something still more elevated in themselves without knowing it.

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Mankind fears an evil man but heaven does not.
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Evil Heaven Men 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
Human nature is disposed to do good.
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Goodness Human Nature One Liner Spirituality
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
Benevolence is one of the distinguishing characters of man.
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Character Kindness Men
The way of truth is like a great road. It is not difficult to know it. The evil is only that men will not seek it.
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Difficult Evil Men Seek
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
Sincerity is the way to heaven.
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Heaven Sincere
The best things in life come in threes, like friends, dreams, and memories.
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Dream Friendship Life Material Memories
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
The ways are two: love and want of love. That is all.
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Compassion Love
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
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
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
Friends are the siblings God never gave us.
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Friendship God
People are eager to comment on something when they themselves are not in the situation of doing it.
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