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All things are complete within ourselves.

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He who goes to the bottom of his own heart knows his own nature; And knowing his own nature, he knows heaven.
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Heart Heaven Philosophy
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
Friendship with a man is friendship with his virtue, and does not admit of assumptions of superiority.
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Character Friendship Men
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
All things are complete within ourselves.
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One Liner Perfection
He who loves others is constantly loved by them. He who respects others is constantly respected by them.
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Himself Love Respect
All things are already complete in us. There is no greater delight than to be conscious of right within us. If one strives to treat others as he would be treated by them, he shall not fail to come near the perfect life.
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Divine Failure Perfection Philosophy Right
Sincerity is the way to heaven.
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Heaven Sincere
He who wishes to be benevolent will not be rich.
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Choice Himself Rich
Mankind fears an evil man but heaven does not.
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Evil Heaven Men Reality
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 ways are two: love and want of love. That is all.
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Compassion Love
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
To lay hold of the mean without taking into account the occasion is like grasping one thing only.
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Oneself Understand
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
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
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
Only when someone refuses to do certain things will he be capable of doing great things.
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Capability Greatness Inspirational
Sincerity is the way to heaven; to think how to be sincere is the way of man.
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Heaven Men Thinking
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
The sole concern of learning is to seek one’s original heart.
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Heart Learning Seek
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 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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Leadership Men Spirituality
A man must not be without shame, for the shame of being without shame is shamelessness indeed.
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Character Existence Men Shame
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
The feeling of right or wrong is the beginning of wisdom.
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Beginning Feeling Right Wisdom Wrong
Where it is permissible both to die and not to die, it is an abuse of valour to die.
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Death Freedom

All things are complete within ourselves.

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