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He who loves others is always loved by them, and he who respects others is always respected by them.
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Love Reaction Respect Treat
He who exerts his mind to the utmost knows his nature.
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Himself Mind Nature
Never lose your child’s heart.
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Children Heart One Liner
The people turn in allegiance to Humanity, as surely as water flows downward or as a wild animal takes cover in the wilderness.
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Animal Humanity People Water Wild
Incessant falls teach men to reform, and distress rouses their strength. Life springs from calamity, and death from ease.
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Born Fall Men Philosophy Spirituality Spring
One who believes all of a book would be better off without books.
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Believe Book
In abundance prepare for scarcity.
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Abundance Money One Liner Scarcity
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
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
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
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
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
To lay hold of the mean without taking into account the occasion is like grasping one thing only.
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Oneself Understand
Benevolence is one of the distinguishing characters of man.
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Character Kindness Men
The sole concern of learning is to seek one’s original heart.
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Heart Learning Seek
The tendency of mans nature to good is like the tendency of water to flow downward.
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Flow Human Nature Water

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