If the blood humor is too strong and robust, calm it with balance and harmony.
XUNZIThere are successful scholars, public-spirited scholars, upright scholars, cautious scholars, and those who are merely petty men.
More Xunzi Quotes
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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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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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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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Men of all social stations live together: they are equal in their desires, yet vary in their methods; they are equal in their passions, yet different in their intelligence; that is their nature-given vitality.
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The drum is surely the lord of music, is it not?
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Since the nature of people is bad, to become corrected they must be taught by teachers and to be orderly they must acquire ritual and moral principles.
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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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Misery is evil; quarreling, a misfortune. There is only one possibility of avoiding both: a clear division of society. [Otherwise] the strong tyrannize the weak, the intelligent frighten the stupid, the inferior resist the superior, and the young mock the old.
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Human nature is evil, and goodness is caused by intentional activity.
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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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Whether the gentleman is capable or not, he is loved all the same; conversely the petty man is loathed all the same.
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Tell me and I forget. Teach me and I remember. Involve me and I learn.
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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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