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Never has a man who has bent himself been able to make others straight.

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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
Sincerity is the way to heaven.
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Heaven Sincere
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 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
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
Human nature is disposed to do good.
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Goodness Human Nature One Liner Spirituality
A man must first despise himself, and then others will despise him.
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Hate 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
Friendship is one mind in two bodies.
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Body Friendship Oneself
Friends are the siblings God never gave us.
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Friendship God
He who exerts his mind to the utmost knows his nature.
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Himself Mind Nature
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
Men must be decided on what they will not do, and then they are able to act with vigor in what they ought to do.
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Decision Men Vigor
The feeling of compassion is the beginning of humanity.
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Compassion Feeling Humanity
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 sole concern of learning is to seek one’s original heart.
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Heart Learning Seek

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