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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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The Tao is near and people seek it far away.
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Effort People Spiritual
The great person never loses a childlike spirit.
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Attitude Greatness Person Spirit
The feeling of compassion is the beginning of humanity.
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Compassion Feeling Humanity
The great man is he who does not lose his child’s heart.
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Children Greatness Heart Man Wisdom
There is no greater delight than to be conscious of sincerity on self-examination.
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Greatness Sincere
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
If the King loves music, it is well with the land.
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King Land Music Rule
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
The sole concern of learning is to seek one’s original heart.
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Heart Learning Seek
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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Force Heart Men Power Resistance
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
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
Friends are the siblings God never gave us.
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Friendship God
The way is near, but men seek it afar. It is in easy things, but men seek for it in difficult things.
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Easy Men Philosophy Seek Way
A man must not be without shame, for the shame of being without shame is shamelessness indeed.
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Character Existence Men Shame
All things are already complete in us. There is no greater delight than to be conscious of right within us. If one strives to treat others as he would be treated by them, he shall not fail to come near the perfect life.
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Divine Failure Perfection Philosophy Right

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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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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