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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
Men must be decided on what they will not do, and then they are able to act with vigor in what they ought to do.
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Decision Men Vigor
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
Virtue alone is not sufficient for the exercise of government; laws alone cannot carry themselves into practice.
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Alone Enough Exercise Government Law Practice Virtue
If you let people follow their feelings, they will be able to do good. This is what is meant by saying that human nature is good.
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Deep Feeling Human People Philosophy Spiritual
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
Evil exists to glorify the good. Evil is negative good. It is a relative term. Evil can be transmuted into good. What is evil to one at one time, becomes good at another time to somebody else.
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Deep Evil Goodness Negative Perspective Philosophy Spiritual
Never has a man who has bent himself been able to make others straight.
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Ability Character Men
Sincerity is the way to heaven; to think how to be sincere is the way of man.
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Heaven Men Thinking
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
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
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
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 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
Truth uttered before its time is dangerous.
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Honesty Time Truth
Friendship with a man is friendship with his virtue, and does not admit of assumptions of superiority.
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Character Friendship Men

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