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The feeling of compassion is the beginning of humanity.
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Compassion Feeling Humanity
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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Difficult Evil Men Seek
The ways are two: love and want of love. That is all.
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Compassion Love
Let not a man do what his sense of right bids him not to do, nor desire what it forbids him to desire. This is sufficient. The skillful artist will not alter his measures for the sake of a stupid workman.
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Artist Desire Men Stupidity
The way of learning is none other than finding the lost mind.
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Lost Mindset Way
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
One who believes all of a book would be better off without books.
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Believe Book
There is no greater delight than to be conscious of sincerity on self-examination.
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Greatness Sincere
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
Only when someone refuses to do certain things will he be capable of doing great things.
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Capability Greatness Inspirational
Human nature is disposed to do good.
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Goodness Human Nature One Liner Spirituality
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
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
All things are complete within ourselves.
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One Liner Perfection
People are eager to comment on something when they themselves are not in the situation of doing it.
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