When you concentrate on agriculture and industry and are frugal in expenditures, Heaven cannot impoverish your state.
XUNZIThe drum is surely the lord of music, is it not?
More Xunzi Quotes
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If the quickness of the mind and the fluency of the tongue are too punctilious and sharp, moderate them in your activity and rest.
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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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Tell me and I forget. Teach me and I remember. Involve me and I learn.
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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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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.
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Man’s nature is evil; goodness is the result of conscious activity.
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Human nature is evil, and goodness is caused by intentional activity.
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If the gentleman has ability, he is magnanimous, generous, tolerant, and straightforward, through which he opens the way to instruct others.
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Human nature is what Heaven supplies.
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Human nature refers to what is in people but which they cannot study or work at achieving.
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Sacrifice is a state of mind in which our thoughts turn with longing [toward Heaven, the Ancestors], It is the supreme expression of loyalty, love, and respect.
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If there is no dull and determined effort, there will be no brilliant achievement.
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The coming of honor or disgrace must be a reflection of one’s inner power.
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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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The nature of man is evil; what is good in him is artificial.
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