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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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Human nature is disposed to do good.
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Goodness Human Nature One Liner Spirituality
I dislike death, however, there are some things I dislike more than death. Therefore, there are times when I will not avoid danger.
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Avoid Danger Death Myself
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 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
Never has a man who has bent himself been able to make others straight.
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Ability Character Men
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
One who believes all of a book would be better off without books.
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Believe Book
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 ways are two: love and want of love. That is all.
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Compassion Love
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 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
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
Sincerity is the way to heaven; to think how to be sincere is the way of man.
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Heaven Men Thinking
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
The feeling of right or wrong is the beginning of wisdom.
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Beginning Feeling Right Wisdom Wrong
The people turn in allegiance to Humanity, as surely as water flows downward or as a wild animal takes cover in the wilderness.
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Animal Humanity People Water Wild
Mankind fears an evil man but heaven does not.
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Evil Heaven Men Reality
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
There is no greater delight than to be conscious of sincerity on self-examination.
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Greatness Sincere
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
Kindly words do not enter so deeply into men as a reputation for kindness.
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Kindness Men Reputation
The myriad things are complete in us. There is no greater joy than to reflect on ourselves and become sincere.
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Happiness Joy Reflection Sincere
To lay hold of the mean without taking into account the occasion is like grasping one thing only.
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Oneself Understand
Secure property in hand leads to peace in mind.
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Freedom Hands Mindset One Liner Security
Only when someone refuses to do certain things will he be capable of doing great things.
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Capability Greatness Inspirational
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
If the prince of a State love benevolence, he will have no opponent in all the empire.
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Enemy Government Love

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