The people turn in allegiance to Humanity, as surely as water flows downward or as a wild animal takes cover in the wilderness.
MenciusEvil 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.
MenciusThe myriad things are complete in us. There is no greater joy than to reflect on ourselves and become sincere.
MenciusWhen I say that all men have the mind which cannot bear to see the suffering of others, my meaning is illustrated this way: when two men suddenly see a child about to fall into a well, they all have a feeling of alarm and distress, not to gain friendship with the child's parents, nor to seek the praise of their neighbors and friends. From such a case, we see that a man without the feeling of commiseration is not a man. The feeling of commiseration is the beginning of humanity.
Mencius