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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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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
The tendency of mans nature to good is like the tendency of water to flow downward.
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Flow Human Nature Water
Human nature is good, just as water seeks low ground. There is no man who is not good, just as there is no water that does not flow downward.
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Goodness Human Humanity Men Nature Water
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
He who attends to his greater self becomes a great man, and he who attends to his smaller self becomes a small man.
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Leadership Men Spirituality
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
If the prince of a State love benevolence, he will have no opponent in all the empire.
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Enemy Government Love
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
When one by force subdues men, they do not submit to him in heart. They submit because their strength is not adequate to resist.
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Force Heart Men Power Resistance
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
The feeling of right or wrong is the beginning of wisdom.
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Beginning Feeling Right Wisdom Wrong
The way of learning is none other than finding the lost mind.
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Lost Mindset Way
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
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
Truth uttered before its time is dangerous.
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Honesty Time Truth
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

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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