One who believes all of a book would be better off without books.
MENCIUSHe who loves others is always loved by them, and he who respects others is always respected by them.
More Mencius Quotes
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Virtue alone is not sufficient for the exercise of government; laws alone cannot carry themselves into practice.
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All people have the common desire to be elevated in honour, but all people have something still more elevated in themselves without knowing it.
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The tendency of mans nature to good is like the tendency of water to flow downward.
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The great man is he who does not lose his child’s heart.
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The ways are two: love and want of love. That is all.
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When one by force subdues men, they do not submit to him in heart. They submit because their strength is not adequate to resist.
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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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The way is near, but men seek it afar. It is in easy things, but men seek for it in difficult things.
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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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I 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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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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All things are complete within ourselves.
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Let not a man do what his sense of right bids him not to do, nor desire what it forbids him to desire. This is sufficient. The skillful artist will not alter his measures for the sake of a stupid workman.
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To act without clear understanding, to form habits without investigation, to follow a path all one’s life without knowing where it really leads; such is the behavior of the multitude.
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Every duty is a charge, but the charge of oneself is the root of all others.
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