Mencius - Book 7, Part 2, Chapter 35

Mencius said, 'To nourish the mind there is nothing better than to make the desires few. Here is a man whose desires are few: in some things he may not be able to keep his heart, but they will be few. Here is a man whose desires are many: in some things he may be able to keep his heart, but they will be few.'

~ James Legge translation via nothingistic.org ~

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