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" Human nature refers to what is in people but which they cannot study or work at achieving. "

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" A person is born with desires of the eyes and ears, and a liking for beautiful sights and sounds. If he gives way to them, they will lead him to immorality and lack of restriction, and any ritual principles and propriety will be abandoned. "

" Human nature is evil, and goodness is caused by intentional activity. "

" 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. "

" There are successful scholars, public-spirited scholars, upright scholars, cautious scholars, and those who are merely petty men. "

" When you locate good in yourself, approve of it with determination. When you locate evil in yourself, despise it as something detestable. "

" Quarreling over food and drink, having neither scruples nor shame, not knowing right from wrong, not trying to avoid death or injury, not fearful of greater strength or of greater numbers, greedily aware only of food and drink - such is the bravery of the dog and boar. "

" Whether the gentleman is capable or not, he is loved all the same; conversely the petty man is loathed all the same. "

" I once tried standing up on my toes to see far out in the distance, but I found that I could see much farther by climbing to a high place. "

" A person is born with feelings of envy and hate. If he gives way to them, they will lead him to violence and crime, and any sense of loyalty and good faith will be abandoned. "

" In antiquity the sage kings recognized that men's nature is bad and that their tendencies were not being corrected and their lawlessness controlled. "

" I say that human nature is the original beginning and the raw material, and deliberate effort is what makes it patterned, ordered, and exalted. "

" Thus, that one can find no place to walk through the breadth of the earth is not because the earth is not tranquil but because the danger to every step of the traveler lies generally with words. "

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

" Human nature is what Heaven supplies. "

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

" If the impulse to daring and bravery is too fierce and violent, stay it with guidance and instruction. "

" I once tried thinking for an entire day, but I found it less valuable than one moment of study. "

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

" The petty man is eager to make boasts, yet desires that others should believe in him. He enthusiastically engages in deception, yet wants others to have affection for him. He conducts himself like an animal, yet wants others to think well of him. "

" If there were no human nature, then there would be nothing for deliberate effort to be applied to. If there were no deliberate effort, then human nature would not be able to beautify itself. "

" When a man sees something desirable, he must reflect on the fact that with time it could come to involve what is detestable. When he sees something that is beneficial, he should reflect that sooner or later it, too, could come to involve harm. "

" When you concentrate on agriculture and industry and are frugal in expenditures, Heaven cannot impoverish your state. "