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Kindly words do not enter so deeply into men as a reputation for kindness.

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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 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
Human nature is good, just as water seeks low ground. There is no man who is not good, just as there is no water that does not flow downward.
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Goodness Human Humanity Men Nature Water
Friends are the siblings God never gave us.
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Friendship God
People are eager to comment on something when they themselves are not in the situation of doing it.
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Advice People Talk
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
He who exerts his mind to the utmost knows his nature.
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Himself Mind Nature
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
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
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 ways are two: love and want of love. That is all.
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Compassion Love
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
Friendship is one mind in two bodies.
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Body Friendship Oneself
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
Heaven sees as the people see. Heaven hears as the people hear.
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Equality Heaven People See
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

Kindly words do not enter so deeply into men as a reputation for kindness.

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