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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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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
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
Friendship is one mind in two bodies.
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Body Friendship Oneself
Mankind fears an evil man but heaven does not.
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Evil Heaven Men Reality
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
The ways are two: love and want of love. That is all.
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Compassion Love
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
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
There is no greater delight than to be conscious of sincerity on self-examination.
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Greatness Sincere
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
Never has a man who has bent himself been able to make others straight.
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Ability Character Men
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
Try your best to treat others as you would wish to be treated yourself, and you will find that this is the shortest way to benevolence.
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Inspirational Yourself
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 one by force subdues men, they do not submit to him in heart. They submit because their strength is not adequate to resist.
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Force Heart Men Power Resistance
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
The great man is he who does not lose his child’s heart.
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Children Greatness Heart Man Wisdom
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
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
The way of learning is none other than finding the lost mind.
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Lost Mindset Way
In abundance prepare for scarcity.
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Abundance Money One Liner Scarcity
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
Never lose your child’s heart.
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Children Heart One Liner
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
Secure property in hand leads to peace in mind.
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Freedom Hands Mindset One Liner Security
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

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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