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Mankind fears an evil man but heaven does not.

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Heaven sees as the people see. Heaven hears as the people hear.
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Equality Heaven People See
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
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
A man must first despise himself, and then others will despise him.
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Hate Men
Secure property in hand leads to peace in mind.
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Freedom Hands Mindset One Liner Security
All things are complete within ourselves.
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One Liner Perfection
The feeling of compassion is the beginning of humanity.
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Compassion Feeling Humanity
One who believes all of a book would be better off without books.
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Believe Book
Is it only the mouth and belly which are injured by hunger and thirst? Men’s minds are also injured by them.
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Food Hunger Injury Men Mindset
When Heaven is about to confer a great office upon you, it first exercises your mind with suffering and your sinews and bones with toil.
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Greatness Heaven Suffering
Mankind fears an evil man but heaven does not.
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Evil Heaven Men Reality
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 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
To lay hold of the mean without taking into account the occasion is like grasping one thing only.
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Oneself Understand
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
Where it is permissible both to die and not to die, it is an abuse of valour to die.
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Death Freedom

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