I once tried thinking for an entire day, but I found it less valuable than one moment of study.
XUNZIHuman nature refers to what is in people but which they cannot study or work at achieving.
More Xunzi Quotes
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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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The rigid cause themselves to be broken; the pliable cause themselves to be bound.
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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 coming of honor or disgrace must be a reflection of one’s inner power.
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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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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.
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If the blood humor is too strong and robust, calm it with balance and harmony.
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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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Man’s nature is evil; goodness is the result of conscious activity.
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Sacrifices are concerned with the feelings of devotion and longing.
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Thus, anybody who follows this nature and gives way its states will be led into quarrels and conflicts, and go against the conventions and rules of society, and will end up a criminal.
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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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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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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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