Xun Zi Quotes & Sayings (Page 4)

Xun Zi quotes and sayings page 4 (philosopher). These are the last 8 out of 38 quotes we have.

“The rigid cause themselves to be broken; the pliable cause themselves to be bound.”

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

“A person is born with a liking for profit.”

“Human nature is what Heaven supplies.”

“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.”

“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.”

“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.”