Thoughts and Musings

Mencius

"When one by force subdues men, they do not submit to him in heart. They submit, because their strength is not adequate to resist. When one subdues men by virtue, in their hearts' core they are pleased, and sincerely submit, as was the case with the seventy disciples in their submission to Confucius."

"The will is the leader of the passion-nature. The passion-nature pervades and animates the body. The will is first and chief, and the passion-nature ...