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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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The way of truth is like a great highway. It is not hard to find.
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Path Philosophy Truth 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
Human nature is good, just as water seeks low ground. There is no man who is not good, just as there is no water that does not flow downward.
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Goodness Human Humanity Men Nature Water
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
Mankind fears an evil man but heaven does not.
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Evil Heaven Men Reality
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
He who exerts his mind to the utmost knows his nature.
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Himself Mind Nature
The tendency of mans nature to good is like the tendency of water to flow downward.
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Flow Human Nature Water
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
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
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
Never lose your child’s heart.
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Children Heart One Liner
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
Human nature is disposed to do good.
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Goodness Human Nature One Liner Spirituality
The myriad things are complete in us. There is no greater joy than to reflect on ourselves and become sincere.
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Happiness Joy Reflection Sincere
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

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