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The way of learning is none other than finding the lost mind.

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Sincerity is the way to heaven.
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Heaven Sincere
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
Kindly words do not enter so deeply into men as a reputation for kindness.
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Kindness Men Reputation
He who goes to the bottom of his own heart knows his own nature; And knowing his own nature, he knows heaven.
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Heart Heaven Philosophy
One who believes all of a book would be better off without books.
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Believe Book
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
There is a power in everything; it is the job of the artist to determine it and express it.
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Artist Job Power
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
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
Sincerity is the way to heaven; to think how to be sincere is the way of man.
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Heaven Men Thinking
The gap between enthusiasm and indifference is filled with failures. The great man is he that does not lose his child’s heart.
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Children Failure Heart Men
Listen to a man’s words and look at the pupil of his eye. How can a man conceal his character?
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Character Eyes Hide Men Word
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
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
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
The Tao is near and people seek it far away.
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Effort People Spiritual
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
Secure property in hand leads to peace in mind.
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Freedom Hands Mindset One Liner Security
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
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
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
The great man does not think beforehand of his words that they may be sincere, nor of his actions that they may be resolute- he simply speaks and does what is right.
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Inspirational Men Simplicity Thinking
The sole concern of learning is to seek one’s original heart.
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Heart Learning Seek
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
Mankind fears an evil man but heaven does not.
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Evil Heaven Men Reality
Men must be decided on what they will not do, and then they are able to act with vigor in what they ought to do.
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Decision Men Vigor

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