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Xun Zi Quotes & Sayings

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If the impulse to daring and bravery is too fierce and violent, stay it with guidance and instruction. — Xun Zi

If the gentleman has ability, he is magnanimous, generous, tolerant, and straightforward, through which he opens the way to instruct others. — Xun Zi

If the blood humor is too strong and robust, calm it with balance and harmony. — Xun Zi

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? — Xun Zi

The coming of honor or disgrace must be a reflection of one's inner power. — Xun Zi

In order to properly understand the big picture, everyone should fear becoming mentally clouded and obsessed with one small section of truth. — Xun Zi

There are successful scholars, public-spirited scholars, upright scholars, cautious scholars, and those who are merely petty men. — Xun Zi

The person attempting to travel two roads at once will get nowhere. — Xun Zi

When you locate good in yourself, approve of it with determination. When you locate evil in yourself, despise it as something detestable. — Xun Zi

Those whose character is mean and vicious will rouse others to animosity against them. — Xun Zi

If knowledge and foresight are too penetrating and deep, unify them with ease and sincerity. — Xun Zi

I once tried thinking for an entire day, but I found it less valuable than one moment of study. — Xun Zi

Human nature refers to what is in people but which they cannot study or work at achieving. — Xun Zi

In antiquity the sage kings recognized that men's nature is bad and that their tendencies were not being corrected and their lawlessness controlled. — Xun Zi

The rigid cause themselves to be broken; the pliable cause themselves to be bound. — Xun Zi

Human nature is evil, and goodness is caused by intentional activity. — Xun Zi

Whether the gentleman is capable or not, he is loved all the same; conversely the petty man is loathed all the same. — Xun Zi

Mencius said that human nature is good. I disagree with that. — Xun Zi

Music is a fantastic peacekeeper of the world, it is integral to harmony, and it is a required fundamental of human emotion. — Xun Zi

Sacrifices are concerned with the feelings of devotion and longing. — Xun Zi

I once tried standing up on my toes to see far out in the distance, but I found that I could see much farther by climbing to a high place. — Xun Zi

Pride and excess bring disaster for man. — Xun Zi

A person is born with a liking for profit. — Xun Zi

Human nature is what Heaven supplies. — Xun Zi

If the quickness of the mind and the fluency of the tongue are too punctilious and sharp, moderate them in your activity and rest. — Xun Zi

When you concentrate on agriculture and industry and are frugal in expenditures, Heaven cannot impoverish your state. — Xun Zi