Quote by Xun Zi
Now it is human nature to want to eat to ones fill when hungry, to

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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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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Human nature is such that people are born with a love of profit If they follow these inclinations, they will struggle and snatch from each other, and inclinations to defer or yield will die. – Xun Zi

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

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If we can find God only as he is revealed in nature we have no moral God. – Reinhold Niebuhr

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If you wish to know the divine, feel the wind on your face and the warm sun on your hand. – Buddha

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