Xunzi Quotes

#1. The noble person uses things; the lesser man is used by things.

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#2. One must remember equality, yet also be aware of difference, for if the people are allowed to act as it pleases them without coming up against displeasure, if one gives rein to its desires without setting [any] limit, it becomes confused and can no longer take delight in anything.

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#3. Wherever public worship has been established and regularly aintained, idolatry has vanished from the face of the earth. There is not now a temple to a heathen god where the word of God is read.

Matthew Simpson

#4. You look upon the seasons with expectation and await them: wy not seize the seasonal opportunities and exploit them?

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#5. I think it's important, if you are an artist, to use your music to stand up for what you believe in.

Tracy Chapman

#6. Gage sighed. "This team was a whole hell of a lot easier to run before any of us had ever heard about The One. You know that, right?"
Maybe." Becker grinned. "But it wasn't nearly as interesting.

Paige Tyler

#7. Sacrifice is a state of mind in which our thoughts turn with longing [toward Heaven, the Ancestors], It is the supreme expression of loyalty, love, and respect.

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#8. 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.

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

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#10. I play every show like it's my last. Fortunately, that's never turned out to be the case.

Gregg Allman

#11. Man's nature is evil; goodness is the result of conscious activity.

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#12. The drum is surely the lord of music, is it not?

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#13. Women communicate with all their senses. Men don't do that.

Brooke Burke

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

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#15. Misery is evil; quarreling, a misfortune. There is only one possibility of avoiding both: a clear division of society. [Otherwise] the strong tyrannize the weak, the intelligent frighten the stupid, the inferior resist the superior, and the young mock the old.

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#16. They are done merely for ornament ... the common people regard them as supernatural.

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#17. Happiness is only attained by the free will agreeing in its freedom to accord with the will of God.

Sabine Baring-Gould

#18. Men of all social stations live together: they are equal in their desires, yet vary in their methods; they are equal in their passions, yet different in their intelligence; that is their nature-given vitality.

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