Quote

It is not difficult to govern. All one has to do is not to offend the noble families.

Mencius

Change background

T
T
T

Change font

TAGS & TOPICS

Mencius
Philosopher
Writer
Zhulou
Meng Ke
ሜንግዙ
Meng-tze
Families
Noble
Authority
Difficult
Offend
Govern

More quotes by Mencius

Image
Friendship is one mind in two bodies.
Mencius
Image
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.
Mencius
Image
The way is near, but men seek it afar. It is in easy things, but men seek for it in difficult things.
Mencius
Image
People are eager to comment on something when they themselves are not in the situation of doing it.
Mencius
Image
Where it is permissible both to die and not to die, it is an abuse of valour to die.
Mencius
Image
If the King loves music, it is well with the land.
Mencius
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
Image
In abundance prepare for scarcity.
Mencius
Image
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
Image
If the prince of a State love benevolence, he will have no opponent in all the empire.
Mencius
Image
Never has there been one possessed of complete sincerity who did not move others. Never has there been one who had not sincerity who was able to move others.
Mencius
Image
The ways are two: love and want of love. That is all.
Mencius
Image
One who believes all of a book would be better off without books
Mencius
Image
Sincerity is the way to heaven to think how to be sincere is the way of man.
Mencius
Image
He who loves others is constantly loved by them. He who respects others is constantly respected by them.
Mencius
Image
A great man is one who has not lost the child's heart.
Mencius
Image
If you know that a thing is unrighteous, then use all dispatch in putting an end to it--why wait till next year?
Mencius
Image
The Way lies at hand yet it is sought afar off the thing lies in the easy yet it is sought in the difficult.
Mencius
Image
There is a power in everything it is the job of the artist to determine it and express it.
Mencius
Image
The foundation of the world lies in the nation. The foundation of the nation lies in the family. The foundation of the family lies in the individual.
Mencius