"If the blood humor is too strong and robust, calm it with balance and harmony."
-Xun Zi
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"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."
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"When people lack teachers, their tendencies are not corrected when they do not have ritual and moral principles, then their lawlessness is not controlled."
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"Human nature is evil, and goodness is caused by intentional activity."
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"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."
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"In order to properly understand the big picture, everyone should fear becoming mentally clouded and obsessed with one small section of truth."
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"Faithless is he that says farewell when the road darkens."
-J. R. R. Tolkien
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"I feel no need for any other faith than my faith in the kindness of human beings. I am so absorbed in the wonder of earth and the life upon it that I cannot think of heaven and angels."
-Pearl S. Buck
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"It's faith in something and enthusiasm for something that makes a life worth living."
-Oliver Wendell Holmes
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"Life is doubt, and faith without doubt is nothing but death."
-Miguel de Unamuno
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"Faith may be defined briefly as an illogical belief in the occurrence of the improbable."
-H. L. Mencken
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"Man must cease attributing his problems to his environment, and learn again to exercise his will - his personal responsibility in the realm of faith and morals."
-Albert Schweitzer
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