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.
MENCIUSEvil 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.
MENCIUSKindly words do not enter so deeply into men as a reputation for kindness.
MENCIUSThe great person never loses a childlike spirit.
MENCIUSThe feeling of compassion is the beginning of humanity.
MENCIUSIn abundance prepare for scarcity.
MENCIUSFriendship with a man is friendship with his virtue, and does not admit of assumptions of superiority.
MENCIUSHe who exerts his mind to the utmost knows his nature.
MENCIUSThe sole concern of learning is to seek one’s original heart.
MENCIUSIf you let people follow their feelings, they will be able to do good. This is what is meant by saying that human nature is good.
MENCIUSThe myriad things are complete in us. There is no greater joy than to reflect on ourselves and become sincere.
MENCIUSHuman nature is disposed to do good.
MENCIUSIf you know that a thing is unrighteous, then use all dispatch in putting an end to it–why wait till next year?
MENCIUSMen must be decided on what they will not do, and then they are able to act with vigor in what they ought to do.
MENCIUSBenevolence is one of the distinguishing characters of man.
MENCIUSThe disease of men is that they neglect their own fields and go to weed the fields of others.
MENCIUSI dislike death, however, there are some things I dislike more than death. Therefore, there are times when I will not avoid danger.
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