Mencius

The way of truth is like a great road. It is not difficult to know it. The evil is only that men will not seek it. ↗

— Mencius

#men

Only when there are things a man will not do is he capable of doing great things. ↗

— Mencius

#limitations #morality #men

He who attends to his greater self becomes a great man, and he who attends to his smaller self becomes a small man. ↗

— Mencius

#becomes #great #great man #greater #his

Sincerity is the way to heaven. ↗

— Mencius

#sincerity #way

The great man is he who does not lose his child's-heart. ↗

— Mencius

#does #great #great man #his #lose

There is no greater delight than to be conscious of sincerity on self-examination. ↗

— Mencius

#delight #greater #self-examination #sincerity #than

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

#another time #becomes #else #evil #exists

If the king loves music, there is little wrong in the land. ↗

— Mencius

#land #little #loves #music #wrong

Friendship is one mind in two bodies. ↗

— Mencius

#bodies #mind #two

Every duty is a charge, but the charge of oneself is the root of all others. ↗

— Mencius

#duty #every #oneself #others #root