Xunzi Quotes on Virtue
Xunzi was a Chinese Confucian philosopher of the late Warring States period and one of the three great classical Confucian thinkers, alongside Confucius and Mencius. This page collects quotes attributed to Xunzi on the topic of virtue, drawn from across the philosopher's works.
Quotes
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Attributed to Xunzi:
“Human nature is evil; goodness is the result of conscious activity.”
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Attributed to Xunzi:
“Learning should never cease.”
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Attributed to Xunzi:
“Without ritual no person can develop, no enterprise can be completed, and no state can be at peace.”
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Attributed to Xunzi:
“The gentleman knows that what is incomplete and unrefined cannot be called beauty.”