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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
The tendency of mans nature to good is like the tendency of water to flow downward.
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Flow Human Nature Water
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
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
He who exerts his mind to the utmost knows his nature.
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Himself Mind Nature
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 Tao is near and people seek it far away.
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Effort People Spiritual
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 foundation of the world lies in the nation. The foundation of the nation lies in the family. The foundation of the family lies in the individual.
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Confidence Family Foundation Nation World
There is a power in everything; it is the job of the artist to determine it and express it.
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Artist Job Power
The great man is he who does not lose his child’s heart.
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Children Greatness Heart Man Wisdom
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
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
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 man must first despise himself, and then others will despise him.
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Hate Men
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

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