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All things are complete within ourselves.

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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
Secure property in hand leads to peace in mind.
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Freedom Hands Mindset One Liner Security
He who exerts his mind to the utmost knows his nature.
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Himself Mind Nature
People are eager to comment on something when they themselves are not in the situation of doing it.
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Advice People Talk
The way of truth is like a great highway. It is not hard to find.
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Path Philosophy Truth Way
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
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
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
The Way lies at hand yet it is sought afar off; the thing lies in the easy yet it is sought in the difficult.
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Difficult Hands Lying Warrior
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
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
Sincerity is the way to heaven; to think how to be sincere is the way of man.
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Heaven Men Thinking
He who wishes to be benevolent will not be rich.
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Choice Himself Rich
The great person never loses a childlike spirit.
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Attitude Greatness Person Spirit
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
In abundance prepare for scarcity.
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Abundance Money One Liner Scarcity

All things are complete within ourselves.

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