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Human nature is such that people are born with a love of profit If they follow these inclinations, they will struggle and snatch from each other, and inclinations to defer or yield will die. ”
I say that human nature is the original beginning and the raw material, and deliberate effort is what makes it patterned, ordered, and exalted. ”
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. ”
Human nature is what Heaven supplies. ”
Human nature is evil, and goodness is caused by intentional activity. ”
Mencius said that human nature is good. I disagree with that. ”
Human nature and deliberate effort must unite, and then the reputation of the sage and the work of unifying all under Heaven are thereupon brought to completion. ”
Human nature refers to what is in people but which they cannot study or work at achieving. ”
Friends from the press, China needs to learn more about the world, and the world also needs to learn more about China. I hope you will continue to make more efforts and contributions to deepening the mutual understanding between China and the countries of the world. ”
For what the horse does under compulsion, as Simon also observes, is done without understanding; and there is no beauty in it either, any more than if one should whip and spur a dancer. ”