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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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Human nature is disposed to do good.
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Goodness Human Nature One Liner Spirituality
Friends are the siblings God never gave us.
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Friendship God
The great man is he who does not lose his child’s heart.
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Children Greatness Heart Man Wisdom
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 feeling of right or wrong is the beginning of wisdom.
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Beginning Feeling Right Wisdom Wrong
Incessant falls teach men to reform, and distress rouses their strength. Life springs from calamity, and death from ease.
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Born Fall Men Philosophy Spirituality Spring
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
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
Heaven sees as the people see. Heaven hears as the people hear.
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Equality Heaven People See
The Tao is near and people seek it far away.
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Effort People Spiritual
If the prince of a State love benevolence, he will have no opponent in all the empire.
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Enemy Government Love
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
He who exerts his mind to the utmost knows his nature.
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Himself Mind Nature
Virtue alone is not sufficient for the exercise of government; laws alone cannot carry themselves into practice.
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Alone Enough Exercise Government Law Practice Virtue
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
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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