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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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To lay hold of the mean without taking into account the occasion is like grasping one thing only.
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Oneself Understand
He who exerts his mind to the utmost knows his nature.
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Himself Mind Nature
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
Truth uttered before its time is dangerous.
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Honesty Time Truth
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
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
Benevolence is one of the distinguishing characters of man.
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Character Kindness Men
Only when someone refuses to do certain things will he be capable of doing great things.
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Capability Greatness Inspirational
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
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
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
Human nature is disposed to do good.
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Goodness Human Nature One Liner Spirituality
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
He who wishes to be benevolent will not be rich.
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Choice Himself Rich
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
The path of duty lies in what is near, and men seek for it in what is remote; the work of duty lies in what is easy, and men seek for it in what is difficult.
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Easy Journey Lying Men Philosophy Seek Way

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