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He who loves others is always loved by them, and he who respects others is always respected by them.

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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
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
A real man is he whose goodness is a part of himself.
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Goodness Man Reality
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
All things are complete within ourselves.
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One Liner Perfection
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
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 gap between enthusiasm and indifference is filled with failures. The great man is he that does not lose his child’s heart.
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Children Failure Heart Men
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 tendency of mans nature to good is like the tendency of water to flow downward.
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Flow Human Nature Water
Mankind fears an evil man but heaven does not.
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Evil Heaven Men Reality
There is no greater delight than to be conscious of sincerity on self-examination.
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Greatness Sincere
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
Benevolence is one of the distinguishing characters of man.
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Character Kindness Men
There is a power in everything; it is the job of the artist to determine it and express it.
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Artist Job Power
The way of learning is none other than finding the lost mind.
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Lost Mindset Way
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
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
Men must be decided on what they will not do, and then they are able to act with vigor in what they ought to do.
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Decision Men Vigor
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 great person never loses a childlike spirit.
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Attitude Greatness Person Spirit
Sincerity is the way to heaven.
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Heaven Sincere
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
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 lay hold of the mean without taking into account the occasion is like grasping one thing only.
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Oneself Understand
He who exerts his mind to the utmost knows his nature.
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Himself Mind Nature
The feeling of compassion is the beginning of humanity.
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Compassion Feeling Humanity

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