“He who attends to his greater self becomes a great man, and he who attends to his smaller self becomes a small man.” Mencius
“Let men decide firmly what they will not do, and they will be free to do vigorously what they ought to do.” Mencius
“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
“Let not a man do what his sense of right bids him not to do, nor desire what it forbids him to desire. This is sufficient. The skillful artist will not alter his measures for the sake of a stupid workman.” Mencius