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He who loves others is constantly loved by them. He who respects others is constantly respected by them.

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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
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
To lay hold of the mean without taking into account the occasion is like grasping one thing only.
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Oneself Understand
The Tao is near and people seek it far away.
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Effort People Spiritual
The best things in life come in threes, like friends, dreams, and memories.
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Dream Friendship Life Material Memories
Evil exists to glorify the good. Evil is negative good. It is a relative term. Evil can be transmuted into good. What is evil to one at one time, becomes good at another time to somebody else.
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Deep Evil Goodness Negative Perspective Philosophy Spiritual
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
One who believes all of a book would be better off without books.
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Believe Book
Sincerity is the way to heaven.
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Heaven Sincere
Sincerity is the way to heaven; to think how to be sincere is the way of man.
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Heaven Men Thinking
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
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
If you know that a thing is unrighteous, then use all dispatch in putting an end to it–why wait till next year?
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End Evil Wait Years
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
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
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

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