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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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In abundance prepare for scarcity.
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Abundance Money One Liner Scarcity
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
All things are complete within ourselves.
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One Liner Perfection
A real man is he whose goodness is a part of himself.
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Goodness Man Reality
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
Never has a man who has bent himself been able to make others straight.
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Ability Character Men
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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Deep Desire People Philosophy
The feeling of compassion is the beginning of humanity.
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Compassion Feeling Humanity
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
He who exerts his mind to the utmost knows his nature.
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Himself Mind Nature
The ways are two: love and want of love. That is all.
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Compassion Love
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
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 has there been one possessed of complete sincerity who did not move others. Never has there been one who had not sincerity who was able to move others.
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Ability Change Sincere
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 loves others is constantly loved by them. He who respects others is constantly respected by them.
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Himself Love Respect

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