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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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He who exerts his mind to the utmost knows his nature.
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Himself Mind Nature
Treat your elders as elders, and extend it to the elders of others; treat your young ones as young ones, and extend it to the young ones of others; then you can turn the whole world in the palm of your hand.
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Hands Respect World
Only when someone refuses to do certain things will he be capable of doing great things.
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Capability Greatness Inspirational
Sincerity is the way to heaven.
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Heaven Sincere
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
Mankind fears an evil man but heaven does not.
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Evil Heaven Men Reality
The tendency of mans nature to good is like the tendency of water to flow downward.
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Flow Human Nature Water
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
The great person never loses a childlike spirit.
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Attitude Greatness Person Spirit
The ways are two: love and want of love. That is all.
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Compassion Love
All things are already complete in us. There is no greater delight than to be conscious of right within us. If one strives to treat others as he would be treated by them, he shall not fail to come near the perfect life.
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Divine Failure Perfection Philosophy Right
The Tao is near and people seek it far away.
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Effort People Spiritual
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
There is no greater delight than to be conscious of sincerity on self-examination.
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Greatness Sincere
The regular path of virtue is to be pursued without any bend, and from no view to emolument.
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Path View Virtue
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

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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