Listen to a man’s words and look at the pupil of his eye. How can a man conceal his character?
MENCIUSTreat your elders as elders, and extend it to the elders of others; treat your young ones as young ones, and extend it to the young ones of others; then you can turn the whole world in the palm of your hand.
More Mencius Quotes
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To lay hold of the mean without taking into account the occasion is like grasping one thing only.
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The myriad things are complete in us. There is no greater joy than to reflect on ourselves and become sincere.
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If the King loves music, it is well with the land.
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The regular path of virtue is to be pursued without any bend, and from no view to emolument.
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All things are already complete in us. There is no greater delight than to be conscious of right within us. If one strives to treat others as he would be treated by them, he shall not fail to come near the perfect life.
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The gap between enthusiasm and indifference is filled with failures. The great man is he that does not lose his child’s heart.
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There is no greater delight than to be conscious of sincerity on self-examination.
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To feed men and not to love them is to treat them as if they were barnyard cattle. To love them and not respect them is to treat them as if they were household pets.
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Men must be decided on what they will not do, and then they are able to act with vigor in what they ought to do.
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All things are complete within ourselves.
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Never lose your child’s heart.
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Evil exists to glorify the good. Evil is negative good. It is a relative term. Evil can be transmuted into good. What is evil to one at one time, becomes good at another time to somebody else.
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Mankind fears an evil man but heaven does not.
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The path of duty lies in what is near, and men seek for it in what is remote; the work of duty lies in what is easy, and men seek for it in what is difficult.
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Try your best to treat others as you would wish to be treated yourself, and you will find that this is the shortest way to benevolence.
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