If you wish to see the thousand years, look at today; if you wish to understand the millionfold, then look at the one or the two.
XUNZIThe person attempting to travel two roads at once will get nowhere.
More Xunzi Quotes
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Man’s nature is evil; goodness is the result of conscious activity.
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Human nature is what Heaven supplies.
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Tell me and I forget. Teach me and I remember. Involve me and I learn.
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Thus, that one can find no place to walk through the breadth of the earth is not because the earth is not tranquil but because the danger to every step of the traveler lies generally with words.
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The rigid cause themselves to be broken; the pliable cause themselves to be bound.
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The petty man is eager to make boasts, yet desires that others should believe in him. He enthusiastically engages in deception, yet wants others to have affection for him. He conducts himself like an animal, yet wants others to think well of him.
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They are done merely for ornament. … the common people regard them as supernatural.
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If the impulse to daring and bravery is too fierce and violent, stay it with guidance and instruction.
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When people lack teachers, their tendencies are not corrected; when they do not have ritual and moral principles, then their lawlessness is not controlled.
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Human nature is evil, and goodness is caused by intentional activity.
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The drum is surely the lord of music, is it not?
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The person attempting to travel two roads at once will get nowhere.
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Sacrifices are concerned with the feelings of devotion and longing.
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A person is born with feelings of envy and hate. If he gives way to them, they will lead him to violence and crime, and any sense of loyalty and good faith will be abandoned.
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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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