Quotes from Mencius

Benevolence is the tranquil habitation of man, and righteousness is his straight path.

There is no attribute of the superior man greater than his helping men to practice virtue.

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.

Friendship with a man is friendship with his virtue, and does not admit of assumptions of superiority.

The superior man will not manifest either narrow-mindedness or the want of self-respect.

From the feelings proper to it, [man's nature] is constituted for the practice of what is good.

The tendency of man's nature to good is like the tendency of water to flow downwards.

Never has a man who has bent himself been able to make others straight.

The great man does not think beforehand of his words that they may be sincere, nor of his actions that they may be resolute, he simply speaks and does what is right.

The great man is he who does not loose his child's heart.