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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 feeling of right or wrong is the beginning of wisdom.
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Beginning Feeling Right Wisdom Wrong
Only when someone refuses to do certain things will he be capable of doing great things.
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Capability Greatness Inspirational
He who wishes to be benevolent will not be rich.
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Choice Himself Rich
Friends are the siblings God never gave us.
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Friendship God
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
Sincerity is the way to heaven.
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Heaven Sincere
To feed men and not to love them is to treat them as if they were barnyard cattle. To love them and not respect them is to treat them as if they were household pets.
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Freedom Men Pet
The way of truth is like a great road. It is not difficult to know it. The evil is only that men will not seek it.
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Difficult Evil Men Seek
All things are complete within ourselves.
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One Liner Perfection
The ways are two: love and want of love. That is all.
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Compassion Love
Never lose your child’s heart.
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Children Heart One Liner
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
A man must first despise himself, and then others will despise him.
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Hate Men
If the prince of a State love benevolence, he will have no opponent in all the empire.
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Enemy Government Love
In abundance prepare for scarcity.
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Abundance Money One Liner Scarcity
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

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