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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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The way of learning is none other than finding the lost mind.
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Lost Mindset Way
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
The tendency of mans nature to good is like the tendency of water to flow downward.
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Flow Human Nature Water
The people turn in allegiance to Humanity, as surely as water flows downward or as a wild animal takes cover in the wilderness.
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Animal Humanity People Water Wild
All things are complete within ourselves.
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One Liner Perfection
Never has a man who has bent himself been able to make others straight.
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Ability Character Men
A small country cannot contend with a great; the few cannot contend with the many; the weak cannot contend with the strong.
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Country Greatness Strong Weakness
Sincerity is the way to heaven; to think how to be sincere is the way of man.
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Heaven Men Thinking
The Tao is near and people seek it far away.
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Effort People Spiritual
One who believes all of a book would be better off without books.
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Believe Book
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
Every duty is a charge, but the charge of oneself is the root of all others.
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Duty Responsibility Roots
He who loves others is always loved by them, and he who respects others is always respected by them.
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Love Reaction Respect Treat
There is no greater delight than to be conscious of sincerity on self-examination.
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Greatness Sincere
Benevolence is one of the distinguishing characters of man.
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Character Kindness Men
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

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