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The Tao is near and people seek it far away.

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Evil exists to glorify the good. Evil is negative good. It is a relative term. Evil can be transmuted into good. What is evil to one at one time, becomes good at another time to somebody else.
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Deep Evil Goodness Negative Perspective Philosophy Spiritual
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
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
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
Virtue alone is not sufficient for the exercise of government; laws alone cannot carry themselves into practice.
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Alone Enough Exercise Government Law Practice Virtue
Secure property in hand leads to peace in mind.
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Freedom Hands Mindset One Liner Security
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
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
The regular path of virtue is to be pursued without any bend, and from no view to emolument.
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Path View Virtue
The tendency of mans nature to good is like the tendency of water to flow downward.
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Flow Human Nature Water
Every duty is a charge, but the charge of oneself is the root of all others.
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Duty Responsibility Roots
Only when someone refuses to do certain things will he be capable of doing great things.
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Capability Greatness Inspirational
He who wishes to be benevolent will not be rich.
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Choice Himself Rich
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
Try your best to treat others as you would wish to be treated yourself, and you will find that this is the shortest way to benevolence.
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Inspirational Yourself

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