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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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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
Friendship with a man is friendship with his virtue, and does not admit of assumptions of superiority.
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Character Friendship Men
He who goes to the bottom of his own heart knows his own nature; And knowing his own nature, he knows heaven.
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Heart Heaven Philosophy
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
Never lose your child’s heart.
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Children Heart One Liner
So I like life and I like righteousness; if I cannot keep the two together, I will let life go and choose righteousness.
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Choice Justice Right Togetherness
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
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
The great man is he who does not lose his child’s heart.
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Children Greatness Heart Man Wisdom
The Way lies at hand yet it is sought afar off; the thing lies in the easy yet it is sought in the difficult.
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Difficult Hands Lying Warrior
The feeling of compassion is the beginning of humanity.
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Compassion Feeling Humanity
Secure property in hand leads to peace in mind.
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Freedom Hands Mindset One Liner Security
Mankind fears an evil man but heaven does not.
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Evil Heaven Men Reality
The great person never loses a childlike spirit.
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Attitude Greatness Person Spirit
A man must first despise himself, and then others will despise him.
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Hate Men
One who believes all of a book would be better off without books.
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