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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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Kindly words do not enter so deeply into men as a reputation for kindness.
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Kindness Men Reputation
The myriad things are complete in us. There is no greater joy than to reflect on ourselves and become sincere.
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Happiness Joy Reflection Sincere
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 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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Easy Men Philosophy Seek Way
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
Never has a man who has bent himself been able to make others straight.
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Ability Character Men
One who believes all of a book would be better off without books.
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Believe Book
The sole concern of learning is to seek one’s original heart.
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Heart Learning Seek
There is no greater delight than to be conscious of sincerity on self-examination.
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Greatness Sincere
The Tao is near and people seek it far away.
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Effort People Spiritual
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
The feeling of compassion is the beginning of humanity.
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Compassion Feeling Humanity
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
Sincerity is the way to heaven; to think how to be sincere is the way of man.
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Heaven Men Thinking
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
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

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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