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There is no greater delight than to be conscious of sincerity on self-examination.

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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
Treat your elders as elders, and extend it to the elders of others; treat your young ones as young ones, and extend it to the young ones of others; then you can turn the whole world in the palm of your hand.
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Hands Respect World
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
All things are complete within ourselves.
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One Liner Perfection
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
Mankind fears an evil man but heaven does not.
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Evil Heaven Men Reality
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
To lay hold of the mean without taking into account the occasion is like grasping one thing only.
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Oneself Understand
Sincerity is the way to heaven; to think how to be sincere is the way of man.
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Heaven Men Thinking
He who exerts his mind to the utmost knows his nature.
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Himself Mind Nature
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 regular path of virtue is to be pursued without any bend, and from no view to emolument.
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Path View Virtue
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
Benevolence is one of the distinguishing characters of man.
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Character Kindness Men
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
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

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