Chinese philosopher Quote by T. Greenwood

Mencius said that human nature is good. I disagree with that.

— Anonymous

Every man has the basis of good. Not only human beings, you can find it among animals and insects, for instance, when we treat…

— Dalai Lama

“To be good is an unnatural condition. There is no man that is born knowing what humility is, what kindness and compassion and hope…

— Carlos Ramirez

“Perhaps man was neither good nor bad, was only a machine in an insensate universe--his courage no more than a reflex to danger, like…

— T.H. White

“3. Man is both Good-natured and Bad-natured according to Yan Hiung[FN#163] (Yo-yu). According to Yang Hiung and his followers, good is no less real…

— Kaiten Nukariya

The virtue of a human being is the application of his capacity to the general good.

— William Godwin

“The good are rewarded morally, not physically; their own virtues, honours, mental peace, and satisfaction are ample compensation for their goodness. Confucius, for example,…

— Kaiten Nukariya

To be a good human being is to have a kind of openness to the world, the ability to trust uncertain things beyond your…

— Martha Nussbaum

Somehow I had learned from Thoreau, who doubtless learned it from Confucius, that if a man comes to do his own good for you,…

— Pearl S. Buck

To be a good human being is to have a kind of openness to the world, an ability to trust uncertain things beyond your…

— Martha C. Nussbaum

The greatest object in the universe, says a certain philosopher, is a good man struggling with adversity; yet there is a still greater, which…

— Oliver Goldsmith

“Confucius says: 'Many seek happiness higher than man; others beneath him. But happiness is the same height as man.' That is true. So there…

— Nikos Kazantzakis