42 Quotes by Xunzi

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

If there is no dull and determined effort, there will be no brilliant achievement.

Pride and excess bring disaster for man.

The nature of man is evil; what is good in him is artificial.

Not having heard something is not as good as having heard it; having heard it is not as good as having seen it; having seen it is not as good as knowing it; knowing it is not as good as putting it into practice.

When people lack teachers, their tendencies are not corrected; when they do not have ritual and moral principles, then their lawlessness is not controlled.

Human nature is what Heaven supplies.

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.

If the quickness of the mind and the fluency of the tongue are too punctilious and sharp, moderate them in your activity and rest.