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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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Human nature is disposed to do good.
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Goodness Human Nature One Liner Spirituality
The great man is he who does not lose his child’s heart.
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Children Greatness Heart Man Wisdom
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
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
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
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
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
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
Sincerity is the way to heaven; to think how to be sincere is the way of man.
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Heaven Men Thinking
In abundance prepare for scarcity.
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Abundance Money One Liner Scarcity
Friendship with a man is friendship with his virtue, and does not admit of assumptions of superiority.
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Character Friendship Men
Never lose your child’s heart.
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Children Heart One Liner
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
Treat your elders as elders, and extend it to the elders of others; treat your young ones as young ones, and extend it to the young ones of others; then you can turn the whole world in the palm of your hand.
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Hands Respect World
He who wishes to be benevolent will not be rich.
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Choice Himself Rich
The way of truth is like a great road. It is not difficult to know it. The evil is only that men will not seek it.
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Difficult Evil Men Seek

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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