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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
All things are already complete in us. There is no greater delight than to be conscious of right within us. If one strives to treat others as he would be treated by them, he shall not fail to come near the perfect life.
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Divine Failure Perfection Philosophy Right
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
The great person never loses a childlike spirit.
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Attitude Greatness Person Spirit
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
He who exerts his mind to the utmost knows his nature.
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Himself Mind Nature
All things are complete within ourselves.
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One Liner Perfection
The sole concern of learning is to seek one’s original heart.
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Heart Learning Seek
If the prince of a State love benevolence, he will have no opponent in all the empire.
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Enemy Government Love
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
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
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
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
Sincerity is the way to heaven; to think how to be sincere is the way of man.
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Heaven Men Thinking
Heaven sees as the people see. Heaven hears as the people hear.
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Equality Heaven People See
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

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