Xun Zi

If knowledge and foresight are too penetrating and deep, unify them with ease and sincerity. ↗

— Xun Zi

#ease #foresight #knowledge #penetrating #sincerity

If the blood humor is too strong and robust, calm it with balance and harmony. ↗

— Xun Zi

#blood #calm #harmony #humor #robust

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? ↗

— Xun Zi

#conforms #desires #even #good #harm

Mencius said that human nature is good. I disagree with that. ↗

— Xun Zi

#good #human #human nature #i #nature

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 people's emotional nature. ↗

— Xun Zi

#eat #emotional #fill #human #human nature

Pride and excess bring disaster for man. ↗

— Xun Zi

#disaster #excess #man #pride

Since the nature of people is bad, to become corrected they must be taught by teachers and to be orderly they must acquire ritual and moral principles. ↗

— Xun Zi

#bad #become #corrected #moral #moral principles

The coming of honor or disgrace must be a reflection of one's inner power. ↗

— Xun Zi

#disgrace #honor #inner #must #power

The person attempting to travel two roads at once will get nowhere. ↗

— Xun Zi

#get #nowhere #once #person #roads

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

#anybody #conflicts #conventions #criminal #end