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The Tao is near and people seek it far away.

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The great man does not think beforehand of his words that they may be sincere, nor of his actions that they may be resolute- he simply speaks and does what is right.
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Inspirational Men Simplicity Thinking
Human nature is disposed to do good.
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Goodness Human Nature One Liner Spirituality
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
If you let people follow their feelings, they will be able to do good. This is what is meant by saying that human nature is good.
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Deep Feeling Human People Philosophy Spiritual
In abundance prepare for scarcity.
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Abundance Money One Liner Scarcity
There is no greater delight than to be conscious of sincerity on self-examination.
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Greatness Sincere
The way of truth is like a great road. It is not difficult to know it. The evil is only that men will not seek it.
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Difficult Evil Men Seek
Kindly words do not enter so deeply into men as a reputation for kindness.
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Kindness Men Reputation
Friendship with a man is friendship with his virtue, and does not admit of assumptions of superiority.
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Character Friendship Men
To act without clear understanding, to form habits without investigation, to follow a path all one’s life without knowing where it really leads; such is the behavior of the multitude.
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Act Ignorance Leadership Life Understand
A real man is he whose goodness is a part of himself.
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Goodness Man Reality
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
The regular path of virtue is to be pursued without any bend, and from no view to emolument.
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Path View Virtue
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 right or wrong is the beginning of wisdom.
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Beginning Feeling Right Wisdom Wrong
The ways are two: love and want of love. That is all.
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Compassion Love

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