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The best things in life come in threes, like friends, dreams, and memories.

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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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Confidence Family Foundation Nation 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
The gap between enthusiasm and indifference is filled with failures. The great man is he that does not lose his child’s heart.
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Children Failure Heart Men
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
Sincerity is the way to heaven; to think how to be sincere is the way of man.
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Heaven Men Thinking
To lay hold of the mean without taking into account the occasion is like grasping one thing only.
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Oneself Understand
Listen to a man’s words and look at the pupil of his eye. How can a man conceal his character?
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Character Eyes Hide Men Word
If you know that a thing is unrighteous, then use all dispatch in putting an end to it–why wait till next year?
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End Evil Wait Years
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
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 way of learning is none other than finding the lost mind.
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Lost Mindset Way
Friendship is one mind in two bodies.
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Body Friendship Oneself
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
Sincerity is the way to heaven.
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Heaven Sincere
Heaven sees as the people see. Heaven hears as the people hear.
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Equality Heaven People See
Truth uttered before its time is dangerous.
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Honesty Time Truth

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