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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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The way of truth is like a great highway. It is not hard to find.
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Path Philosophy Truth Way
When Heaven is about to confer a great office upon you, it first exercises your mind with suffering and your sinews and bones with toil.
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Greatness Heaven Suffering
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
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
Kindly words do not enter so deeply into men as a reputation for kindness.
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Kindness Men Reputation
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
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
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
There is no greater delight than to be conscious of sincerity on self-examination.
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Greatness Sincere
In abundance prepare for scarcity.
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Abundance Money One Liner Scarcity
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
Is it only the mouth and belly which are injured by hunger and thirst? Men’s minds are also injured by them.
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Food Hunger Injury Men Mindset
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
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
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
Sincerity is the way to heaven; to think how to be sincere is the way of man.
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Heaven Men Thinking

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