If people can (cultivate their minds) and don't make their hearts thirsty, there will be no troubles inferior to people.

I. Original text

Mencius said: "Hungry people are willing to eat and thirsty people are willing to drink. This is the right thing to eat, and hunger and thirst are also harmful." Is there only hunger in your mouth? The human heart is also harmful. People can not worry about hunger and thirst, but they are not as worried as people. "

Secondly, translation.

Mencius said: "Hungry people think all food is delicious, while thirsty people think all drinks are sweet." . In this way, you can't taste the normal taste of drinks and food, because hunger and thirst have damaged his taste. Is it only hunger and thirst that hurts the mouth, abdomen and abdomen? People also have this kind of injury. If people can (often cultivate their minds) not make people suffer from hunger and thirst, then there will be no troubles inferior to others. "

Third, the source

Mencius

Introduction of works

Mencius is a Confucian classic written by Mencius and his disciples Zhang Wan and Gongsun Chou in the middle of the Warring States Period. It was first seen in Zhao Qi's inscription for Mencius: "This book was also written by Mencius, so it is called Mencius". In the Southern Song Dynasty, Zhu listed Mencius as the "Four Books" (the other three books are Daxue, The Doctrine of the Mean and The Analects of Confucius).