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Only those who develop their minds and spirits to the utmost can serve Heaven and fulfill their own destinies.

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The Tao is near and people seek it far away.
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Effort People Spiritual
Truth uttered before its time is dangerous.
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Honesty Time Truth
All things are complete within ourselves.
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One Liner Perfection
One who believes all of a book would be better off without books.
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Believe Book
Sincerity is the way to heaven.
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Heaven Sincere
The tendency of mans nature to good is like the tendency of water to flow downward.
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Flow Human Nature Water
Kindly words do not enter so deeply into men as a reputation for kindness.
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Kindness Men Reputation
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
A man must first despise himself, and then others will despise him.
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Hate Men
The feeling of right or wrong is the beginning of wisdom.
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Beginning Feeling Right Wisdom Wrong
Never has a man who has bent himself been able to make others straight.
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Ability Character Men
Secure property in hand leads to peace in mind.
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Freedom Hands Mindset One Liner Security
Mankind fears an evil man but heaven does not.
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Evil Heaven Men Reality
If the King loves music, it is well with the land.
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King Land Music Rule
To lay hold of the mean without taking into account the occasion is like grasping one thing only.
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Oneself Understand
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

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