Zi Rvede U Us Quotes

I don't give a damn what they say about me, but nobody's going to talk behind their hands about you. Where the hell did you get that skirt? he exploded. Tarts U Us? ~ Nora Roberts

Bill looked up, wiping his eyes. They were all soaked to the skin and looked like a litter of pups that had just forded a river. "Ih-It's scuh-scuh-hared of u-u-us, you know, " he said. "I can fuh-feel th-that. I swear to Guh-God I c-c-can. " Bev nodded soberly. "I think you're right. " "H-H-Help m-m-me, " Bill said. "P-P-Pl-Please. H-H-Help m-m-me. ~ Stephen King

Those whose character is mean and vicious will rouse others to animosity against them. ~ Xun Zi

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. ~ Xun Zi

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. ~ Xun Zi

Mencius said that human nature is good. I disagree with that. ~ Xun Zi

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

Human nature is evil, and goodness is caused by intentional activity. ~ Xun Zi

All the children who are held and loved...will know how to love others. Spread these virtues in the world. Nothing more need be done. ~ Meng Zi C. 300 BCE

Music is a fantastic peacekeeper of the world, it is integral to harmony, and it is a required fundamental of human emotion. ~ Xun Zi

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

The rigid cause themselves to be broken; the pliable cause themselves to be bound. ~ Xun Zi

When standing in the middle of the marvelous mountains and deep forests, in the earthy smell of all beginnings and endings, I often find myself asking what I have if all my possessions were taken away. Without money, car, house; or power and fame, if there are any, who am I?
In that very moment, being away from the external voices and left alone in nature, I find my answer. ~ Zi Nguyen

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

31"Behold, the wdays are coming, says the LORD, when I will make a new covenant with the house of Israel and with the house of Judah - 32"not according to the covenant that I made with their fathers in the day that xI took them by the hand to lead them out of the land of Egypt, My covenant which they broke, 8though I was a husband to them, says the LORD. 33y"But this is the covenant that I will make with the house of Israel after those days, says the LORD: zI will put My law in their minds, and write it on their 9hearts; aand I will be their God, and they shall be My people. ~ John F. MacArthur Jr.

Better known as the Secret of the Golden Flower, this is a famous neidan text that the Western world came to know through Richard Wilhelm's 1929 translation. The Chinese text used by Wilhelm was edited by Zhanran Huizhen zi in 1921. Besides this, at least five more versions are available, all of which date to the late Qing dynasty (1644-1911) and are ascribed to Lu Dongbin, who revealed them through spirit writing. ~ Monica Esposito

You know, I met a wise man centuries ago in China who said to me, 'He who lets fear rule him, has fear for a master. (Acheron)
Confucius? (Talon)
No, Minh-Quan. He was a fisherman who used to sell what I'm told was the best zong zi ever made. (Acheron) ~ Sherrilyn Kenyon

If the blood humor is too strong and robust, calm it with balance and harmony. ~ Xun Zi

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. ~ Xun Zi

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

Zi, most people in the world have been tricked into believing they're not important. ~ Hu Yuan Nabe

If what the heart approves conforms to proper patterns, then even if one's desires are many, what harm would they be to good order? ~ Xun Zi

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

Therefore, a person should first be changed by a teacher's instructions, and guided by principles of ritual. Only then can he observe the rules of courtesy and humility, obey the conventions and rules of society, and achieve order. ~ Xun Zi

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. ~ Xun Zi

Pride and excess bring disaster for man. ~ Xun Zi

Today, I went to sleep under a plum tree. There, I dreamed I was a butterfly, flying so pleasently. Then, I fell asleep, and the dream ended. Now- I have to ask myself - am I Zhuang Zi who dreamed of a butterfly? Or am I that butterfly, dreaming I am Zhuang Zi? ~ Zhuangzi

The coming of honor or disgrace must be a reflection of one's inner power. ~ Xun Zi

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

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

Sacrifices are concerned with the feelings of devotion and longing. ~ Xun Zi