"Human nature is what Heaven supplies." — Xunzi
"Human nature is what Heaven supplies."
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45 Quotes by Xunzi
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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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Men of all social stations live together: they are equal in their desires, yet vary in their methods; they are…
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The person attempting to travel two roads at once will get nowhere.
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A person is born with feelings of envy and hate. If he gives way to them, they will lead him…
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Music is a fantastic peacekeeper of the world, it is integral to harmony, and it is a required fundamental of…
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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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Human nature is evil, and goodness is caused by intentional activity.
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When people lack teachers, their tendencies are not corrected; when they do not have ritual and moral principles, then their…
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If there is no dull and determined effort, there will be no brilliant achievement.
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Therefore, a person should first be changed by a teacher's instructions, and guided by principles of ritual. Only then can…
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If the gentleman has ability, he is magnanimous, generous, tolerant, and straightforward, through which he opens the way to instruct…
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Whether the gentleman is capable or not, he is loved all the same; conversely the petty man is loathed all…
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More Heaven Quotes
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What springs from earth dissolves to earth again, and heaven-born things fly to their native seat.
— Marcus Aurelius
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I thought of the soul as resembling a castle, formed of a single diamond or a very transparent crystal, and…
— Teresa of Avila
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Heaven to me is percussion and bass, a screaming guitar and a burbling Hammond B-3 organ. It's a soup I…
— Dan Aykroyd
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The Holy Spirit is our comforter, our teacher. That's why, in prayer, we can ask the Lord to open up…
— Michele Bachmann
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Strategic thinkers were naturally rattled to find this outsider fooling around with their work. They had been thinking strategically when…
— Russell Baker
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A Boss in Heaven is the best excuse for a boss on earth, therefore If God did exist, he would…
— Mikhail Bakunin
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The first revolt is against the supreme tyranny of theology, of the phantom of God. As long as we have…
— Mikhail Bakunin
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Love him and let him love you. Do you think anything else under heaven really matters?
— James A. Baldwin
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If you compare NASA's annual budget to explore the heavens, that one year budget would fund NOAA's budget to explore…
— Robert Ballard
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I live for those who love me, for those who know me true, for the heaven so blue above me,…
— George Linnaeus Banks
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Just ten of the Jewish billionaires on this Earth have more than enough to transform the occupied territories into heaven.…
— Roseanne Barr
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Having robbed children of any sense that their Father is in Heaven and that they are His creation, we then…
— Gary Bauer
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