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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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The tendency of mans nature to good is like the tendency of water to flow downward.
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Flow Human Nature Water
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
All people have the common desire to be elevated in honour, but all people have something still more elevated in themselves without knowing it.
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Deep Desire People Philosophy
The Tao is near and people seek it far away.
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Effort People Spiritual
Never has a man who has bent himself been able to make others straight.
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Ability Character 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
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
Every duty is a charge, but the charge of oneself is the root of all others.
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Duty Responsibility Roots
When Heaven is about to confer a great office upon you, it first exercises your mind with suffering and your sinews and bones with toil.
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Greatness Heaven Suffering
The feeling of right or wrong is the beginning of wisdom.
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Beginning Feeling Right Wisdom Wrong
Kindly words do not enter so deeply into men as a reputation for kindness.
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Kindness Men Reputation
Mankind fears an evil man but heaven does not.
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Evil Heaven Men Reality
He who loves others is always loved by them, and he who respects others is always respected by them.
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Love Reaction Respect Treat
Friendship is one mind in two bodies.
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Body Friendship Oneself
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
If the prince of a State love benevolence, he will have no opponent in all the empire.
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Enemy Government Love

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

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