The person attempting to travel two roads at once will get nowhere.
- Xunzi
More Quotes By Xunzi
- A person is born with feelings of envy and hate. If he gives way to them, they will...
- Tell me and I forget. Teach me and I remember. Involve me and I learn.
- Quarreling over food and drink, having neither scruples nor shame, not knowing right from wrong, not trying to...
- If the quickness of the mind and the fluency of the tongue are too punctilious and sharp, moderate...
- Not having heard something is not as good as having heard it; having heard it is not as...
- Music is a fantastic peacekeeper of the world, it is integral to harmony, and it is a required...
- If there is no dull and determined effort, there will be no brilliant achievement.
- Man’s nature is evil; goodness is the result of conscious activity.
- The petty man is eager to make boasts, yet desires that others should believe in him. He enthusiastically...
- Since the nature of people is bad, to become corrected they must be taught by teachers and to...
- Human nature is evil, and goodness is caused by intentional activity.
- Pride and excess bring disaster for man.
- Men of all social stations live together: they are equal in their desires, yet vary in their methods;...
- When people lack teachers, their tendencies are not corrected; when they do not have ritual and moral principles,...
- Human nature refers to what is in people but which they cannot study or work at achieving.
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