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

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There is a power in everything; it is the job of the artist to determine it and express it.
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Artist Job Power
In abundance prepare for scarcity.
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Abundance Money One Liner Scarcity
The Way lies at hand yet it is sought afar off; the thing lies in the easy yet it is sought in the difficult.
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Difficult Hands Lying Warrior
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
To lay hold of the mean without taking into account the occasion is like grasping one thing only.
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Oneself Understand
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
The disease of men is that they neglect their own fields and go to weed the fields of others.
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Avoid Destroy Hate Man
The feeling of compassion is the beginning of humanity.
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Compassion Feeling Humanity
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
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
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
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
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
A real man is he whose goodness is a part of himself.
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Goodness Man Reality
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
Incessant falls teach men to reform, and distress rouses their strength. Life springs from calamity, and death from ease.
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Born Fall Men Philosophy Spirituality Spring

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

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