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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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The way is near, but men seek it afar. It is in easy things, but men seek for it in difficult things.
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Easy Men Philosophy Seek Way
The ways are two: love and want of love. That is all.
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Compassion Love
The feeling of right or wrong is the beginning of wisdom.
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Beginning Feeling Right Wisdom Wrong
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
Sincerity is the way to heaven.
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Heaven Sincere
A small country cannot contend with a great; the few cannot contend with the many; the weak cannot contend with the strong.
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Country Greatness Strong Weakness
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
All things are complete within ourselves.
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One Liner Perfection
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
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
Those who follow the part of themselves which is great are great men; those who follow the part which is little are little men.
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Greatness Men
Friendship is one mind in two bodies.
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Body Friendship Oneself
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
The way of truth is like a great road. It is not difficult to know it. The evil is only that men will not seek it.
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Difficult Evil Men Seek
To lay hold of the mean without taking into account the occasion is like grasping one thing only.
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Oneself Understand
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

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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