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The Tao is near and people seek it far away.

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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
The way of truth is like a great highway. It is not hard to find.
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Path Philosophy Truth Way
By exhaustively examining one’s own mind,one may understand his nature. One who understands his own nature understands Heaven.
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Heaven Mind Nature Understand
Virtue alone is not sufficient for the exercise of government; laws alone cannot carry themselves into practice.
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Alone Enough Exercise Government Law Practice Virtue
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
It is not difficult to govern. All one has to do is not to offend the noble families.
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Authority Difficult Family Government
Kindly words do not enter so deeply into men as a reputation for kindness.
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Kindness Men Reputation
The feeling of compassion is the beginning of humanity.
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Compassion Feeling Humanity
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
The myriad things are complete in us. There is no greater joy than to reflect on ourselves and become sincere.
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Happiness Joy Reflection Sincere
Mankind fears an evil man but heaven does not.
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Evil Heaven Men Reality
One who believes all of a book would be better off without books.
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Believe Book
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
Benevolence is one of the distinguishing characters of man.
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Character Kindness Men
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 great person never loses a childlike spirit.
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Attitude Greatness Person Spirit

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