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

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The path of duty lies in what is near, and men seek for it in what is remote; the work of duty lies in what is easy, and men seek for it in what is difficult.
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Easy Journey Lying Men Philosophy Seek Way
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
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
When one by force subdues men, they do not submit to him in heart. They submit because their strength is not adequate to resist.
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Force Heart Men Power Resistance
He who exerts his mind to the utmost knows his nature.
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Himself Mind Nature
The way of learning is none other than finding the lost mind.
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Lost Mindset Way
The sole concern of learning is to seek one’s original heart.
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Heart Learning Seek
Only those who develop their minds and spirits to the utmost can serve Heaven and fulfill their own destinies.
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Destiny Development Heaven Mindset
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.
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Heaven Sincere
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
The Tao is near and people seek it far away.
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Effort People Spiritual
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
He who loves others is constantly loved by them. He who respects others is constantly respected by them.
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Himself Love Respect
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
Sincerity is the way to heaven; to think how to be sincere is the way of man.
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Heaven Men Thinking

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