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The Tao is near and people seek it far away.

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Treat your elders as elders, and extend it to the elders of others; treat your young ones as young ones, and extend it to the young ones of others; then you can turn the whole world in the palm of your hand.
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Hands Respect World
If you let people follow their feelings, they will be able to do good. This is what is meant by saying that human nature is good.
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Deep Feeling Human People Philosophy Spiritual
A real man is he whose goodness is a part of himself.
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Goodness Man Reality
To act without clear understanding, to form habits without investigation, to follow a path all one’s life without knowing where it really leads; such is the behavior of the multitude.
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Act Ignorance Leadership Life Understand
Every duty is a charge, but the charge of oneself is the root of all others.
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Duty Responsibility Roots
The ways are two: love and want of love. That is all.
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Compassion Love
The sole concern of learning is to seek one’s original heart.
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Heart Learning Seek
All things are complete within ourselves.
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One Liner Perfection
Friendship is one mind in two bodies.
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Body Friendship Oneself
Kindly words do not enter so deeply into men as a reputation for kindness.
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Kindness Men Reputation
He who wishes to be benevolent will not be rich.
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Choice Himself Rich
Never has a man who has bent himself been able to make others straight.
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Ability Character Men
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
Sincerity is the way to heaven.
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Heaven Sincere
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
I dislike death, however, there are some things I dislike more than death. Therefore, there are times when I will not avoid danger.
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Avoid Danger Death Myself

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