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He who exerts his mind to the utmost knows his nature.

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Every duty is a charge, but the charge of oneself is the root of all others.
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Duty Responsibility Roots
The sole concern of learning is to seek one’s original heart.
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Heart Learning Seek
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
He who wishes to be benevolent will not be rich.
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Choice Himself Rich
The way of learning is none other than finding the lost mind.
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Lost Mindset Way
Sincerity is the way to heaven.
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Heaven Sincere
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
One who believes all of a book would be better off without books.
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Believe Book
The regular path of virtue is to be pursued without any bend, and from no view to emolument.
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Path View Virtue
The Tao is near and people seek it far away.
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Effort People Spiritual
Human nature is disposed to do good.
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Goodness Human Nature One Liner Spirituality
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
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
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
Only when someone refuses to do certain things will he be capable of doing great things.
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Capability Greatness Inspirational
So I like life and I like righteousness; if I cannot keep the two together, I will let life go and choose righteousness.
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Choice Justice Right Togetherness

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