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The myriad things are complete in us. There is no greater joy than to reflect on ourselves and become sincere.

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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 way of learning is none other than finding the lost mind.
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Lost Mindset Way
The way is near, but men seek it afar. It is in easy things, but men seek for it in difficult things.
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Easy Men Philosophy Seek Way
The tendency of mans nature to good is like the tendency of water to flow downward.
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Flow Human Nature Water
In abundance prepare for scarcity.
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Abundance Money One Liner Scarcity
Secure property in hand leads to peace in mind.
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Freedom Hands Mindset One Liner Security
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
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
Never lose your child’s heart.
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Children Heart One Liner
The great man does not think beforehand of his words that they may be sincere, nor of his actions that they may be resolute- he simply speaks and does what is right.
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Inspirational Men Simplicity Thinking
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
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 the prince of a State love benevolence, he will have no opponent in all the empire.
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Enemy Government Love
Men must be decided on what they will not do, and then they are able to act with vigor in what they ought to do.
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Decision Men Vigor
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 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 myriad things are complete in us. There is no greater joy than to reflect on ourselves and become sincere.

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