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

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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
Every duty is a charge, but the charge of oneself is the root of all others.
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Duty Responsibility Roots
The myriad things are complete in us. There is no greater joy than to reflect on ourselves and become sincere.
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Happiness Joy Reflection Sincere
Kindly words do not enter so deeply into men as a reputation for kindness.
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Kindness Men Reputation
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
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
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
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
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
By exhaustively examining one’s own mind,one may understand his nature. One who understands his own nature understands Heaven.
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Heaven Mind Nature Understand
The great person never loses a childlike spirit.
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Attitude Greatness Person Spirit
Never has a man who has bent himself been able to make others straight.
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Ability Character Men
The sole concern of learning is to seek one’s original heart.
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Heart Learning Seek
One who believes all of a book would be better off without books.
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Believe Book
The best things in life come in threes, like friends, dreams, and memories.
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Dream Friendship Life Material Memories
The way is near, but men seek it afar. It is in easy things, but men seek for it in difficult things.
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Easy Men Philosophy Seek Way

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

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