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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 sole concern of learning is to seek one’s original heart.
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Heart Learning Seek
Never lose your child’s heart.
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Children Heart One Liner
Benevolence is one of the distinguishing characters of man.
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Character Kindness Men
Mankind fears an evil man but heaven does not.
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Evil Heaven Men Reality
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
The foundation of the world lies in the nation. The foundation of the nation lies in the family. The foundation of the family lies in the individual.
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Confidence Family Foundation Nation World
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
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
It is not difficult to govern. All one has to do is not to offend the noble families.
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Authority Difficult Family Government
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
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
Friends are the siblings God never gave us.
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Friendship God
Every duty is a charge, but the charge of oneself is the root of all others.
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Duty Responsibility Roots
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
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
Friendship with a man is friendship with his virtue, and does not admit of assumptions of superiority.
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Character Friendship 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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