"The sun and moon shine on all without partiality."
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"Signs and symbols rule the world, not words nor laws."
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"Man is born with uprightness. If one loses it, he will be lucky if he escapes with his life."
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"Do not wish for quick results, nor look for small advantages. If you seek quick results, you will not reach the ultimate goal. If you are led astray by small advantages, you will never accomplish great things."
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"Don't let your past determine your destiny."
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"To take what you know for what you know, and what you do not know for what you do not know, that is knowledge indeed."
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"To practice five things under all circumstances constitutes perfect virtue; these five are gravity, generosity of soul, sincerity, earnestness, and kindness."
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"Give a bowl of rice to a man and you will feed him for a day. Teach him how to grow his own rice and you will save his life."
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"Faced with what is right, to leave it undone shows a lack of courage."
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"A man who lacks reliability is utterly useless."
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"Man is born for uprightness. If a man lose his uprightness and yet live, his escape from death is mere good fortune."
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"I am not bothered by the fact that I am not understood. I am bothered when I do not know others."
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"Music produces a kind of pleasure which human nature cannot do without."
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"A wise man has dignity without pride; a fool has pride without dignity."
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"He who conquers himself is the mightiest warrior."
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"Virtue is not left to stand alone. He who practices it will have neighbors."
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"In archery we have something like the way of the superior man. When the archer misses the center of the target, he turns round and seeks for the cause of his failure in himself."
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"The more man meditates upon good thoughts, the better will be his world and the world at large."
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"Act with kindness but do not expect gratitude."
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"What is God-given is called nature; to follow nature is called Tao (the Way); to cultivate the way is called culture. Before joy, anger, sadness and happiness are expressed, they are called the inner self; when they are expressed to the proper degree, they are called harmony. The inner self is the correct foundation of the world, and the harmony is the illustrious Way. When a man has achieved the inner self and harmony, the heaven and earth are orderly and the myriad of things are nourished and grow thereby."
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