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Benevolence is one of the distinguishing characters of man.

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Benevolence is one of the distinguishing characters of man.
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Character Kindness Men
Mankind fears an evil man but heaven does not.
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Evil Heaven Men Reality
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
Only when someone refuses to do certain things will he be capable of doing great things.
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Capability Greatness Inspirational
The sole concern of learning is to seek one’s original heart.
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Heart Learning Seek
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
Incessant falls teach men to reform, and distress rouses their strength. Life springs from calamity, and death from ease.
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Born Fall Men Philosophy Spirituality Spring
The gap between enthusiasm and indifference is filled with failures. The great man is he that does not lose his child’s heart.
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Children Failure Heart Men
Kindly words do not enter so deeply into men as a reputation for kindness.
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Kindness Men Reputation
The great person never loses a childlike spirit.
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Attitude Greatness Person Spirit
The way of learning is none other than finding the lost mind.
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Lost Mindset Way
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
Sincerity is the way to heaven; to think how to be sincere is the way of man.
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Heaven Men Thinking
All people have the common desire to be elevated in honour, but all people have something still more elevated in themselves without knowing it.
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Deep Desire People Philosophy
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
When one by force subdues men, they do not submit to him in heart. They submit because their strength is not adequate to resist.
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Force Heart Men Power Resistance

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