Therefore, a person should first be changed by a teacher’s instructions, and guided by principles of ritual. Only then can he observe the rules of courtesy and humility, obey the conventions and rules of society, and achieve order.
XUNZIThe person attempting to travel two roads at once will get nowhere.
More Xunzi Quotes
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There are successful scholars, public-spirited scholars, upright scholars, cautious scholars, and those who are merely petty men.
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The person attempting to travel two roads at once will get nowhere.
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Pride and excess bring disaster for man.
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In antiquity the sage kings recognized that men’s nature is bad and that their tendencies were not being corrected and their lawlessness controlled.
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The rigid cause themselves to be broken; the pliable cause themselves to be bound.
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If the blood humor is too strong and robust, calm it with balance and harmony.
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The nature of man is evil; what is good in him is artificial.
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Human nature is such that people are born with a love of profit If they follow these inclinations, they will struggle and snatch from each other, and inclinations to defer or yield will die.
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Not having heard something is not as good as having heard it; having heard it is not as good as having seen it; having seen it is not as good as knowing it; knowing it is not as good as putting it into practice.
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When you concentrate on agriculture and industry and are frugal in expenditures, Heaven cannot impoverish your state.
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Those whose character is mean and vicious will rouse others to animosity against them.
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If knowledge and foresight are too penetrating and deep, unify them with ease and sincerity.
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If what the heart approves conforms to proper patterns, then even if one’s desires are many, what harm would they be to good order?
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I once tried standing up on my toes to see far out in the distance, but I found that I could see much farther by climbing to a high place.
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The drum is surely the lord of music, is it not?
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