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

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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
Human nature is disposed to do good.
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Goodness Human Nature One Liner Spirituality
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
A small country cannot contend with a great; the few cannot contend with the many; the weak cannot contend with the strong.
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Country Greatness Strong Weakness
Let not a man do what his sense of right bids him not to do, nor desire what it forbids him to desire. This is sufficient. The skillful artist will not alter his measures for the sake of a stupid workman.
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Artist Desire Men Stupidity
If the King loves music, it is well with the land.
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King Land Music Rule
Friendship with a man is friendship with his virtue, and does not admit of assumptions of superiority.
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Character Friendship Men
If you let people follow their feelings, they will be able to do good. This is what is meant by saying that human nature is good.
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Deep Feeling Human People Philosophy Spiritual
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
Never lose your child’s heart.
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Children Heart One Liner
The Tao is near and people seek it far away.
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Effort People Spiritual
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
The feeling of right or wrong is the beginning of wisdom.
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Beginning Feeling Right Wisdom Wrong
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 people turn in allegiance to Humanity, as surely as water flows downward or as a wild animal takes cover in the wilderness.
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Animal Humanity People Water Wild
The feeling of compassion is the beginning of humanity.
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Compassion Feeling Humanity

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