Human nature is good, just as water seeks low ground. There is no man who is not good, just as there is no water that does not flow downward. — Mencius Copy Share Image
If you let people follow their feelings, they will be able to do good. This is what is meant by saying that human nature is good. — 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
People are eager to comment on something when they themselves are not in the situation of doing it. — Mencius Copy Share
Only when someone refuses to do certain things will he be capable of doing great things. — Mencius Copy Share
The disease of men is that they neglect their own fields and go to weed the fields of others. — Mencius Copy Share
People can have a long-term life plan only if they know their private property is secure. — Mencius Copy Share
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
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
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
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
There is a power in everything; it is the job of the artist to determine it and express it. — Mencius Copy Share
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
