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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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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
All things are complete within ourselves.
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One Liner Perfection
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
Never lose your child’s heart.
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Children Heart One Liner
Kindly words do not enter so deeply into men as a reputation for kindness.
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Kindness Men Reputation
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 way of truth is like a great highway. It is not hard to find.
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Path Philosophy Truth Way
A real man is he whose goodness is a part of himself.
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Goodness Man Reality
To feed men and not to love them is to treat them as if they were barnyard cattle. To love them and not respect them is to treat them as if they were household pets.
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Freedom Men Pet
Secure property in hand leads to peace in mind.
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Freedom Hands Mindset One Liner Security
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
The ways are two: love and want of love. That is all.
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Compassion Love
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
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
The Tao is near and people seek it far away.
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Effort People Spiritual
Heaven sees as the people see. Heaven hears as the people hear.
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Equality Heaven People See

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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