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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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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
All things are already complete in us. There is no greater delight than to be conscious of right within us. If one strives to treat others as he would be treated by them, he shall not fail to come near the perfect life.
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Divine Failure Perfection Philosophy Right
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
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
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
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
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
The way of learning is none other than finding the lost mind.
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Lost Mindset Way
The sole concern of learning is to seek one’s original heart.
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Heart Learning Seek
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
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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Greatness Men
The best things in life come in threes, like friends, dreams, and memories.
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Dream Friendship Life Material Memories
The great man does not think beforehand of his words that they may be sincere, nor of his actions that they may be resolute- he simply speaks and does what is right.
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Inspirational Men Simplicity Thinking
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
Friendship with a man is friendship with his virtue, and does not admit of assumptions of superiority.
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Character Friendship Men
Sincerity is the way to heaven; to think how to be sincere is the way of man.
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Heaven Men Thinking
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
The great person never loses a childlike spirit.
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Attitude Greatness Person Spirit
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
The foundation of the world lies in the nation. The foundation of the nation lies in the family. The foundation of the family lies in the individual.
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Confidence Family Foundation Nation World
He who loves others is always loved by them, and he who respects others is always respected by them.
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Love Reaction Respect Treat
Only when someone refuses to do certain things will he be capable of doing great things.
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Capability Greatness Inspirational
The disease of men is that they neglect their own fields and go to weed the fields of others.
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Avoid Destroy Hate Man
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
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
Every duty is a charge, but the charge of oneself is the root of all others.
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Duty Responsibility Roots

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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