If the gentleman has ability, he is magnanimous, generous, tolerant, and straightforward, through which he opens the way to instruct others.
XUNZIYou look upon the seasons with expectation and await them: wy not seize the seasonal opportunities and exploit them?
More Xunzi Quotes
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If there is no dull and determined effort, there will be no brilliant achievement.
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Sacrifices are concerned with the feelings of devotion and longing.
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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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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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Mencius said that human nature is good. I disagree with that.
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I once tried thinking for an entire day, but I found it less valuable than one moment of study.
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Music is a fantastic peacekeeper of the world, it is integral to harmony, and it is a required fundamental of human emotion.
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The noble person uses things; the lesser man is used by things.
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The drum is surely the lord of music, is it not?
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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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Man’s nature is evil; goodness is the result of conscious activity.
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The rigid cause themselves to be broken; the pliable cause themselves to be bound.
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They are done merely for ornament. … the common people regard them as supernatural.
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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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