"Sacrifices are concerned with the feelings of devotion……" — Xunzi

"Sacrifices are concerned with the feelings of devotion and longing."

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45 Quotes by Xunzi

Xunzi has 45 quotes on this site. A few more worth reading:

I once tried thinking for an entire day, but I found it less valuable than one moment of study.
Men of all social stations live together: they are equal in their desires, yet vary in their methods; they are…
The person attempting to travel two roads at once will get nowhere.
A person is born with feelings of envy and hate. If he gives way to them, they will lead him…
Music is a fantastic peacekeeper of the world, it is integral to harmony, and it is a required fundamental of…
If the impulse to daring and bravery is too fierce and violent, stay it with guidance and instruction.
Human nature is evil, and goodness is caused by intentional activity.
When people lack teachers, their tendencies are not corrected; when they do not have ritual and moral principles, then their…
If there is no dull and determined effort, there will be no brilliant achievement.
Therefore, a person should first be changed by a teacher's instructions, and guided by principles of ritual. Only then can…
If the gentleman has ability, he is magnanimous, generous, tolerant, and straightforward, through which he opens the way to instruct…
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 Concerned Quotes

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As far as we are concerned, we are ready to leave today, tomorrow, at any time, to join the people… — Jean-Bertrand Aristide
Excellence, then, is a state concerned with choice, lying in a mean, relative to us, this being determined by reason… — Aristotle
Politics, it seems to me, for years, or all too long, has been concerned with right or left instead of… — Richard Armour
I'm substantially concerned about the policy directions of the space agency. We have a situation in the U.S. where the… — Neil Armstrong
As far as we are concerned, we Syria have not changed. — Bashar al-Assad
As far as I'm concerned, if there is a supreme being then He chose organic evolution as a way of… — David Attenborough
Every autobiography is concerned with two characters, a Don Quixote, the Ego, and a Sancho Panza, the Self. — Wystan Hugh Auden
We are certainly in a common class with the beasts; every action of animal life is concerned with seeking bodily… — Saint Augustine
What wild imaginations one forms where dear self is concerned! How sure to be mistaken! — Jane Austen
There is a growing literature about the multitude of journalism's problems, but most of it is concerned with the editorial… — Russell Baker
If God had wanted us to be concerned for the plight of the toads, he would have made them cute… — Dave Barry
Where love is concerned, too much is not even enough. — Pierre Beaumarchais

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