If the prince of a State love benevolence, he will have no opponent in all the empire. Mencius More Quotes by Mencius More Quotes From Mencius If the King loves music, it is well with the land. Mencius musiclandkings 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. Mencius goodnessevilnegative He who wishes to be benevolent will not be rich. Mencius benevolentrichwish In abundance prepare for scarcity. Mencius abundancescarcitymoney The way of truth is like a great highway. It is not hard to find. Mencius highwaystruth-isway If you love men and they are unfriendly, look into your love; if you rule men and they are unruly, look into your wisdom; if you are courteous to them and they do not respond, look into your courtesy. If what you do is vain, always seek within. Mencius wisdommenlooks A real man is he whose goodness is a part of himself. Mencius real-menrealmen Listen to a man's words and look at the pupil of his eye. How can a man conceal his character? Mencius eyecharactermen A great man is one who has not lost the child's heart. Mencius christianheartchildren He who goes to the bottom of his own heart knows his own nature; Mencius knowingheartheaven Heaven sees as the people see. Heaven hears as the people hear. Mencius heavenpeople The Tao is near and people seek it far away. Mencius taoismeffortpeople The way is near, but men seek it afar. It is in easy things, but men seek for it in difficult things. Mencius afarmenway It is true that water will flow indifferently to east and west, but will it flow equally well up and down? Human nature is disposed toward goodness, just as water tends to flow downwards. There is no water but flows downwards, and no man but shows his tendency to be good. Now, by striking water hard, you may splash it higher than your forehead, and by damming it, you may make it go uphill. But, is that the nature of water? It is external force that causes it to do so. Likewise, if a man is made to do what is not good, his nature is being similarly forced. Mencius eastwatermen Treat 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 Mencius treatshandsworld All things are complete within ourselves. Mencius all-thingsperfection Secure property in hand leads to peace in mind. Mencius freedommindhands Benevolence is one of the distinguishing characters of man. Mencius kindnesscharactermen Friendship with a man is friendship with his virtue, and does not admit of assumptions of superiority. Mencius doefriendshipmen Friends are the siblings God never gave us. Mencius true-friendbrotherfriendship
