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The Tao is near and people seek it far away.

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Sincerity is the way to heaven.
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Heaven Sincere
The great man is he who does not lose his child’s heart.
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Children Greatness Heart Man Wisdom
The ways are two: love and want of love. That is all.
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Compassion Love
He who goes to the bottom of his own heart knows his own nature; And knowing his own nature, he knows heaven.
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Heart Heaven Philosophy
The best things in life come in threes, like friends, dreams, and memories.
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Dream Friendship Life Material Memories
In abundance prepare for scarcity.
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Abundance Money One Liner Scarcity
If the prince of a State love benevolence, he will have no opponent in all the empire.
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Enemy Government Love
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 way of learning is none other than finding the lost mind.
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Lost Mindset Way
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
If the King loves music, it is well with the land.
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King Land Music Rule
There is no greater delight than to be conscious of sincerity on self-examination.
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Greatness Sincere
If you know that a thing is unrighteous, then use all dispatch in putting an end to it–why wait till next year?
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End Evil Wait Years
To lay hold of the mean without taking into account the occasion is like grasping one thing only.
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Oneself Understand
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
Never lose your child’s heart.
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Children Heart One Liner

The Tao is near and people seek it far away.

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