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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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In abundance prepare for scarcity.
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Abundance Money One Liner Scarcity
One who believes all of a book would be better off without books.
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Believe Book
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
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
Friends are the siblings God never gave us.
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Friendship God
Never has a man who has bent himself been able to make others straight.
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Ability Character Men
The Tao is near and people seek it far away.
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Effort People Spiritual
Heaven sees as the people see. Heaven hears as the people hear.
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Equality Heaven People See
Where it is permissible both to die and not to die, it is an abuse of valour to die.
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Death Freedom
Sincerity is the way to heaven.
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Heaven Sincere
He who exerts his mind to the utmost knows his nature.
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Himself Mind Nature
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
Every duty is a charge, but the charge of oneself is the root of all others.
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Duty Responsibility Roots
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
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
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

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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