About Mencius: Mencius is the most famous Confucian after Confucius himself.
With melted snow I boil fragrant tea.
Only when there are things a man will not do is he capable of doing great things.
A man must not be without shame, for the shame of being without shame is shamelessness indeed.
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.
We live, not as we wish to, but as we can.
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.
Every duty is a charge, but the charge of oneself is the root of all others.
Mankind fears an evil man but heaven does not.
It is not difficult to govern. All one has to do is not to offend the noble families.
There is no greater delight than to be conscious of sincerity on self-examination.
Sincerity is the way to heaven.
If Confucius wasn't born, the long night would have no bright lamp.
The people are the most important element in a nation; the spirits of the land and grain are the next; the sovereign is the least.
Without effective protection of the citizens' right to property, it will be difficult to attract and accumulate valuable capital.
The root of the kingdom is in the state. The root of the state is in the family. The root of the family is in the person of its head.
He who attends to his greater self becomes a great man, and he who attends to his smaller self becomes a small man.
The great man is he who does not lose his child's-heart.
Only when a man will not do some things is he capable of doing great things.
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.
Friendship is one mind in two bodies.
