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Never lose your child’s heart.

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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
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
Men must be decided on what they will not do, and then they are able to act with vigor in what they ought to do.
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Decision Men Vigor
A real man is he whose goodness is a part of himself.
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Goodness Man Reality
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
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 Tao is near and people seek it far away.
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Effort People Spiritual
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
Virtue alone is not sufficient for the exercise of government; laws alone cannot carry themselves into practice.
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Alone Enough Exercise Government Law Practice Virtue
The way of truth is like a great highway. It is not hard to find.
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Path Philosophy Truth Way
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
He who wishes to be benevolent will not be rich.
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Choice Himself Rich
Kindly words do not enter so deeply into men as a reputation for kindness.
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Kindness Men Reputation
The feeling of right or wrong is the beginning of wisdom.
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Beginning Feeling Right Wisdom Wrong
The great man is he who does not lose his child’s heart.
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Children Greatness Heart Man Wisdom

Never lose your child’s heart.

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