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Human nature is evil, and goodness is caused by intentional activi

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

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Therefore, a person should first be changed by a teachers instructions, and guided by principles of ritual. Only then can he observe the rules of courtesy and humility, obey the conventions and rules of society, and achieve order. – Xun Zi

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Society
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Mencius said that human nature is good. I disagree with that. – Xun Zi

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Nature
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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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Over-commercialization and its resulting restrictions and limitations can be very damaging and distorting to the inherent nature of the individual. I did not deliberately abandon my fans, nor did I deliberately abandon any responsibilities. – Lauryn Hill

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As a means of contrast with the sublime, the grotesque is, in our view, the richest source that nature can offer. – Victor Hugo

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Nature

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

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Nature

Our job is to represent the truth of human nature, whether youre playing a tender love story thats set in a coffee shop or whether youre in The Avengers, which is set in a Manhattan which is exploding. – Tom Hiddleston

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We who officially value freedom of speech above life itself seem to have nothing to talk about but the weather. – Barbara Ehrenreich

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If you are living out of a sense of obligation you are slave. – Wayne Dyer

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