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The ways are two: love and want of love. That is all.

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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
Try your best to treat others as you would wish to be treated yourself, and you will find that this is the shortest way to benevolence.
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Inspirational Yourself
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
Secure property in hand leads to peace in mind.
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Freedom Hands Mindset One Liner Security
A man must first despise himself, and then others will despise him.
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Hate Men
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
He who loves others is constantly loved by them. He who respects others is constantly respected by them.
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Himself Love Respect
The feeling of right or wrong is the beginning of wisdom.
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Beginning Feeling Right Wisdom Wrong
In abundance prepare for scarcity.
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Abundance Money One Liner Scarcity
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 people turn in allegiance to Humanity, as surely as water flows downward or as a wild animal takes cover in the wilderness.
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Animal Humanity People Water Wild
Benevolence is one of the distinguishing characters of man.
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Character Kindness Men
The sole concern of learning is to seek one’s original heart.
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Heart Learning Seek
I dislike death, however, there are some things I dislike more than death. Therefore, there are times when I will not avoid danger.
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Avoid Danger Death Myself
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
Where it is permissible both to die and not to die, it is an abuse of valour to die.
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Death Freedom

The ways are two: love and want of love. That is all.

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