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Sincerity is the way to heaven.

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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
A real man is he whose goodness is a part of himself.
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Goodness Man Reality
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
The best things in life come in threes, like friends, dreams, and memories.
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Dream Friendship Life Material Memories
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
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
In abundance prepare for scarcity.
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Abundance Money One Liner Scarcity
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
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 tendency of mans nature to good is like the tendency of water to flow downward.
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Flow Human Nature Water
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 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
There is no greater delight than to be conscious of sincerity on self-examination.
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Greatness Sincere
To act without clear understanding, to form habits without investigation, to follow a path all one’s life without knowing where it really leads; such is the behavior of the multitude.
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Act Ignorance Leadership Life Understand
One who believes all of a book would be better off without books.
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Believe Book
The way of learning is none other than finding the lost mind.
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Lost Mindset Way

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