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One who believes all of a book would be better off without books.

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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
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
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
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
If the King loves music, it is well with the land.
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King Land Music Rule
The Tao is near and people seek it far away.
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Effort People Spiritual
In abundance prepare for scarcity.
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Abundance Money One Liner Scarcity
The tendency of mans nature to good is like the tendency of water to flow downward.
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Flow Human Nature Water
Is it only the mouth and belly which are injured by hunger and thirst? Men’s minds are also injured by them.
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Food Hunger Injury Men Mindset
Never has a man who has bent himself been able to make others straight.
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Ability Character Men
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
It is not difficult to govern. All one has to do is not to offend the noble families.
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Authority Difficult Family Government
Never has there been one possessed of complete sincerity who did not move others. Never has there been one who had not sincerity who was able to move others.
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Ability Change Sincere
Human nature is disposed to do good.
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Goodness Human Nature One Liner Spirituality
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
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

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