If the impulse to daring and bravery is too fierce and violent, stay it with guidance and instruction. Xun Kuang More Quotes by Xun Kuang More Quotes From Xun Kuang 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 Kuang desires good patterns heart 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. Xun Kuang reflect something man time 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. Xun Kuang words walk step place 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 Kuang teachers moral teacher people 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 Kuang place see distance standing
