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By exhaustively examining one’s own mind,one may understand his nature. One who understands his own nature understands Heaven.

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The great man is he who does not lose his child’s heart.
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Children Greatness Heart Man Wisdom
Let not a man do what his sense of right bids him not to do, nor desire what it forbids him to desire. This is sufficient. The skillful artist will not alter his measures for the sake of a stupid workman.
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Artist Desire Men Stupidity
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 Tao is near and people seek it far away.
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Effort People Spiritual
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
Never has a man who has bent himself been able to make others straight.
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Ability Character Men
Every duty is a charge, but the charge of oneself is the root of all others.
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Duty Responsibility Roots
Heaven sees as the people see. Heaven hears as the people hear.
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Equality Heaven People See
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
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 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
Friendship with a man is friendship with his virtue, and does not admit of assumptions of superiority.
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Character Friendship 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
All things are complete within ourselves.
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One Liner Perfection
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
To act without clear understanding, to form habits without investigation, to follow a path all one’s life without knowing where it really leads; such is the behavior of the multitude.
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Act Ignorance Leadership Life Understand

By exhaustively examining one’s own mind,one may understand his nature. One who understands his own nature understands Heaven.

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