Quote by Xun Zi
Human nature is evil, and goodness is caused by intentional activi

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

Other quotes by Xun Zi

Thus, anybody who follows this nature and gives way its states will be led into quarrels and conflicts, and go against the conventions and rules of society, and will end up a criminal. – Xun Zi

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

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Humor
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Now it is human nature to want to eat to ones fill when hungry, to want to warm up when cold, to want to rest when tired. These all are a part of peoples emotional nature. – Xun Zi

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Nature
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The Amen of nature is always a flower. – Oliver Wendell Holmes

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Adapt or perish, now as ever, is natures inexorable imperative. – H. G. Wells

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I think its a very firm part of human nature that if you surround yourself with like-minded people, youll end up thinking more extreme versions of what you thought before. – Cass Sunstein

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To find a Buddha all you have to do is see your nature. – Bodhidharma

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