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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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The ways are two: love and want of love. That is all.
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Compassion Love
The sole concern of learning is to seek one’s original heart.
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Heart Learning Seek
One who believes all of a book would be better off without books.
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Believe Book
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
He who exerts his mind to the utmost knows his nature.
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Himself Mind Nature
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
Truth uttered before its time is dangerous.
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Honesty Time Truth
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
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
If the prince of a State love benevolence, he will have no opponent in all the empire.
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Enemy Government Love
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
The great man is he who does not lose his child’s heart.
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Children Greatness Heart Man Wisdom
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
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

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