Mencius Quotes
Top 100 wise famous quotes and sayings by Mencius
Mencius Famous Quotes & Sayings
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Getting something done is like digging a well. You can dig a well seventy feet deep, but if you don't hit water it's just an abandoned well.
Words that defy reality are ominous. And it's ominous reality that confronts those who would obscure the wise and worthy.
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.
A trail through the mountains, if used, becomes a path in a short time, but, if unused, becomes blocked by grass in an equally short time.
The gap between enthusiasm and indifference is filled with failures. The great man is he that does not lose his child's heart.
Don't do what should not be done, and don't desire what should not be desired. Abide by this one precept, and everything else will follow.
The Way lies at hand yet it is sought afar off; the thing lies in the easy yet it is sought in the difficult.
A small country cannot contend with a great; the few cannot contend with the many; the weak cannot contend with the strong
Filling with food,
Warming with clothes,
Living leisurely without learning,
It is little short of animals.
Warming with clothes,
Living leisurely without learning,
It is little short of animals.
He who attends to his greater self becomes a great man, and he who attends to his smaller self becomes a small man.
Treat others as you would be treated. Devote yourself to that, for there's no more direct approach to Humanity.
Virtue alone is not sufficient for the exercise of government; laws alone cannot carry themselves into practice.
Is it only the mouth and belly which are injured by hunger and thirst? Men's minds are also injured by them.
The people turn in allegiance to Humanity, as surely as water flows downward or as a wild animal takes cover in the wilderness.
The myriad things are complete in us. There is no greater joy than to reflect on ourselves and become sincere.
People are distressed by their inability to do it. The problem, however, is simply that they don't do it.
Let men decide firmly what they will not do, and they will be free to do vigorously what they ought to do.
If you let people follow their feelings, they will be able to do good. This is what is meant by saying that human nature is good.
He who loves others is constantly loved by them. He who respects others is constantly respected by them.
By exhaustively examining one's own mind,one may understand his nature.One who understands his own nature understands Heaven.
Those who follow the part of themselves which is great are great men; those who follow the part which is little are little men.
Incessant falls teach men to reform, and distress rouses their strength. Life springs from calamity, and death from ease.
The way is near, but men seek it afar. It is in easy things, but men seek for it in difficult things.
If you know that a thing is unrighteous, then use all dispatch in putting an end to it
why wait till next year?
why wait till next year?
The people are the most important element in a nation; the spirits of the land and grain are the next; the sovereign is the least.
Human nature is good, just as water seeks low ground. There is no man who is not good, just as there is no water that does not flow downward.
All people have the common desire to be elevated in honour, but all people have something still more elevated in themselves without knowing it.
Without effective protection of the citizens' right to property, it will be difficult to attract and accumulate valuable capital.
Men must be decided on what they will not do, and then they are able to act with vigor in what they ought to do.
Try your best to treat others as you would wish to be treated yourself, and you will find that this is the shortest way to benevolence
He who goes to the bottom of his own heart knows his own nature;
And knowing his own nature, he knows heaven.
And knowing his own nature, he knows heaven.
I dislike death, however, there are some things I dislike more than death. Therefore, there are times when I will not avoid danger.
The root of the kingdom is in the state. The root of the state is in the family. The root of the family is in the person of its head.
The way of truth is like a great road. It is not difficult to know it. The evil is only that men will not seek it.