People are eager to comment on something when they themselves are not in the situation of doing it. Mencius More Quotes by Mencius More Quotes From Mencius 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 goodness evil negative He who wishes to be benevolent will not be rich. Mencius benevolent rich wish In abundance prepare for scarcity. Mencius abundance scarcity money The way of truth is like a great highway. It is not hard to find. Mencius highways truth-is way 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 wisdom men looks A real man is he whose goodness is a part of himself. Mencius real-men real men Listen to a man's words and look at the pupil of his eye. How can a man conceal his character? Mencius eye character men A great man is one who has not lost the child's heart. Mencius christian heart children He who goes to the bottom of his own heart knows his own nature; Mencius knowing heart heaven Heaven sees as the people see. Heaven hears as the people hear. Mencius heaven people The Tao is near and people seek it far away. Mencius taoism effort people The way is near, but men seek it afar. It is in easy things, but men seek for it in difficult things. Mencius afar men way 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 east water men 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 treats hands world All things are complete within ourselves. Mencius all-things perfection Secure property in hand leads to peace in mind. Mencius freedom mind hands Benevolence is one of the distinguishing characters of man. Mencius kindness character men Friendship with a man is friendship with his virtue, and does not admit of assumptions of superiority. Mencius doe friendship men Friends are the siblings God never gave us. Mencius true-friend brother friendship He who loves others is always loved by them, and he who respects others is always respected by them. Mencius respecting-others respect
