We live, not as we wish to, but as we can.
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The great man is he who does not lose his childlike heart.Mencius
He who attends to his greater self becomes a great man, and he who attends to his smaller self becomes a small man.
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Mankind fears an evil man but heaven does not.
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He who wishes to be benevolent will not be rich.
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Friendship is one mind in two bodies.
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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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