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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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The path of duty lies in what is near, and men seek for it in what is remote; the work of duty lies in what is easy, and men seek for it in what is difficult.
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Easy Journey Lying Men Philosophy Seek Way
He who exerts his mind to the utmost knows his nature.
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Himself Mind Nature
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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Deep Desire People Philosophy
The way of learning is none other than finding the lost mind.
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Lost Mindset Way
Human nature is disposed to do good.
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Goodness Human Nature One Liner Spirituality
Never has a man who has bent himself been able to make others straight.
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Ability Character Men
By exhaustively examining one’s own mind,one may understand his nature. One who understands his own nature understands Heaven.
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Heaven Mind Nature Understand
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
When Heaven is about to confer a great office upon you, it first exercises your mind with suffering and your sinews and bones with toil.
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Greatness Heaven Suffering
A real man is he whose goodness is a part of himself.
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Goodness Man Reality
If you know that a thing is unrighteous, then use all dispatch in putting an end to it–why wait till next year?
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End Evil Wait Years
Sincerity is the way to heaven; to think how to be sincere is the way of man.
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Heaven Men Thinking
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
In abundance prepare for scarcity.
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Abundance Money One Liner Scarcity
The tendency of mans nature to good is like the tendency of water to flow downward.
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Flow Human Nature Water
To lay hold of the mean without taking into account the occasion is like grasping one thing only.
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Oneself Understand

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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