"If what the heart approves conforms to proper……" — Xunzi
"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?"
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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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When a man says he approves of something in principle, it means he hasn't the slightest intention of carrying it…
— Otto von Bismarck
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He is a hypocrite who professes what he does not believe; not he who does not practice all he wishes…
— William Hazlitt
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The Physician, by the study and inspection of urine and ordure, approves himself in the science; and in like sort…
— Alexander Pope
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Thou shalt not covet; but tradition approves all forms of competition.
— Arthur Hugh Clough
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It is a wise child that knows its own father, and an unusual one that unreservedly approves of him.
— Mark Twain
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I know that it is a hopeless undertaking to debate about fundamental value judgements. For instance, if someone approves, as…
— Albert Einstein
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I never let anyone pluck, including myself, unless my mom approves. She guards my eyebrows. She's like the eyebrow police!
— Isabelle Fuhrman
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If my missus is there and she approves of the person I get to bite boobs - and necks.
— Stephen Moyer
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This is true religion, to approve what God approves, to hate what he hates, and to delight in what delights…
— Charles Hodge
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A brotherly person rejoices on my account when he approves me, but when he disapproves, he is loving me. To…
— Saint Augustine
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In four ways ... should one who flatters be understood as a foe in the guise of a friend: He…
— Gautama Buddha
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Wherever the bishop shall appear, let the multitude of also be, just as wherever Jesus Christ is, there is the…
— Ignatius of Antioch
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