The five kinds of grains are considered good plants, but if the grains are not ripe, they are worse than cockles. It is the same with regard to kindness, which must grow into maturity. — Mencius Copy Share Image
The fruit of humanity is devotion to one's parents. The fruit of righteousness is to respect one's elders. The fruit of wisdom is to… — Mencius Copy Share Image
People are eager to comment on something when they themselves are not in the situation of doing it. — Mencius Copy Share Image
Only when someone refuses to do certain things will he be capable of doing great things. — Mencius Copy Share Image
The disease of men is that they neglect their own fields and go to weed the fields of others. — Mencius Copy Share Image
People can have a long-term life plan only if they know their private property is secure. — Mencius Copy Share Image
Is it only the mouth and belly which are injured by hunger and thirst? Men's minds are also injured by them. — Mencius Copy Share Image
Water indeed will flow indifferently to the east or west, but will it flow indifferently up or down? The tendency of our nature to… — Mencius Copy Share Image
When the men of antiquity realized their wishes, benefits were conferred by them on the people. If they did not realize their wishes, they… — Mencius Copy Share Image
There is the work of great men and there is the work of little men. Therefore it is said, 'Some labor with their minds… — Mencius Copy Share Image
There is a power in everything; it is the job of the artist to determine it and express it. — Mencius Copy Share Image
All people have the common desire to be elevated in honour, but all people have something still more elevated in themselves without knowing it. — Mencius Copy Share Image
