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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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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
One who believes all of a book would be better off without books.
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Believe Book
Sincerity is the way to heaven.
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Heaven Sincere
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 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
The ways are two: love and want of love. That is all.
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Compassion Love
If the prince of a State love benevolence, he will have no opponent in all the empire.
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Enemy Government Love
To feed men and not to love them is to treat them as if they were barnyard cattle. To love them and not respect them is to treat them as if they were household pets.
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Freedom Men Pet
Only when someone refuses to do certain things will he be capable of doing great things.
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Capability Greatness Inspirational
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
The sole concern of learning is to seek one’s original heart.
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Heart Learning Seek
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
Let not a man do what his sense of right bids him not to do, nor desire what it forbids him to desire. This is sufficient. The skillful artist will not alter his measures for the sake of a stupid workman.
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Artist Desire Men Stupidity
He who loves others is constantly loved by them. He who respects others is constantly respected by them.
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Himself Love Respect
Friendship is one mind in two bodies.
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Body Friendship Oneself
All things are complete within ourselves.
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One Liner Perfection

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