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The foundation of the world lies in the nation. The foundation of the nation lies in the family. The foundation of the family lies in the individual.

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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
The feeling of compassion is the beginning of humanity.
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Compassion Feeling Humanity
The way of truth is like a great highway. It is not hard to find.
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Path Philosophy Truth Way
Secure property in hand leads to peace in mind.
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Freedom Hands Mindset One Liner Security
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 sole concern of learning is to seek one’s original heart.
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Heart Learning Seek
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 way of learning is none other than finding the lost mind.
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Lost Mindset Way
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
Kindly words do not enter so deeply into men as a reputation for kindness.
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Kindness Men Reputation
It is not difficult to govern. All one has to do is not to offend the noble families.
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Authority Difficult Family Government
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
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
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
Heaven sees as the people see. Heaven hears as the people hear.
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Equality Heaven People See
One who believes all of a book would be better off without books.
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Believe Book

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