Author of quotes: Konstantin Dmitrievich Ushinsky

Looking at the characters of people, we can easily distinguish a natural character from a character developed by man himself. There are people by nature with excellent inclinations, for whom all good is a natural attraction; but there are also those who consciously struggle all their lives with their bad innate aspirations and, overcoming them little by little, create in themselves a kind, albeit artificial character. Characters of the first kind seem to us more attractive: it is so natural for them to do good that they attract us precisely by this natural lightness, the grace of goodness, so to speak. But if we want to be fair, then we will have to give the palm to the characters of the second kind, who, through a hard struggle, defeated innate bad inclinations and developed good rules in themselves, guided by the consciousness of the need for good.