Mencius Quotes

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• The disease of men is that they neglect their own fields and go to weed the fields of others.

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  Weed, Men, Disease

  Mencius (1875). “The Life and Works of Mencius: With Essays and Notes”, p.380, Digireads.com Publishing

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• He who loves others is constantly loved by them. He who respects others is constantly respected by them.

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  Respect, Respecting Others

  Mencius (1861). “The Chinese Classics”, p.209

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• To act without clear understanding, to form habits without investigation, to follow a path all one's life without knowing where it really leads; such is the behavior of the multitude.

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  Ignorance, Knowing, Understanding

  Mencius (1942). “The Book of Mencius: (abridged)”

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• When Heaven is about to confer a great office on a man, it first exercises his mind with suffering, and his sinews and bones with toil ; it exposes his body to hunger, and subjects him to extreme poverty ; it confounds his undertakings. By all these methods it stimulates his mind, hardens his nature, and supplies his incompetencies.

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  Exercise, Men, Office

  Confucius, Mencius, Ming Zuoqiu, Tso-ch'iu Ming (1861). “The Chinese Classics”, p.323

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• 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

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  Inspiration, Wish, Trying

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• 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.

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  Self Esteem, Lying, Self Confidence

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• The great man is he who does not lose his child's heart.

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  Positive, Christmas, Wisdom

  Confucius, Mencius (1861). “The works of mencius”, p.198

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• If you know the point of balance, You can settle the details. If you can settle the details, You can stop running around. Your mind will become calm. If your mind becomes calm, You can think in front of a tiger. If you can think in front of a tiger, You will surely succeed.

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  Running, Thinking, Mind

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• The sole concern of learning is to seek one's original heart.

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  Learning, Heart, Sole

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• A man must not be without shame, for the shame of being without shame is shamelessness indeed.

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  Men, Shame

  Mencius (2004). “Mencius”, p.21, Penguin UK

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• People are eager to comment on something when they themselves are not in the situation of doing it.

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  People, Situation, Comment

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• The feeling of right or wrong is the beginning of wisdom.

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  Feelings, Deference

  "The Mencius". 2A:6, as translated by Wing-tsit Chan in "A Source Book in Chinese Philosophy", p. 65, 1963.

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• One who believes all of a book would be better off without books

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  Believe, Book, Would Be

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• Only when someone refuses to do certain things will he be capable of doing great things.

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  Certain, Great Things, Capability

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• The feeling of compassion is the beginning of humanity.

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  Compassion, Feelings, Humanity

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• 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.

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  Men, Decision, Vigor

  Confucius, Mencius, Ssǔ shu, Wu king, Shu Ching (1861). “The Chinese Classics”, p.197

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• Friendship is one mind in two bodies.

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  Best Friend, Friendship, True Friend

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• Charity is in the heart of man, and righteousness in the path of men. Pity the man who has lost his path and does not follow it and who has lost his heart and does not know how to recover it. When people's dogs and chicks are lost they go out and look for them and yet the people who have lost their hearts do not go out and look for them. The principle of self-cultivation consists in nothing but trying to look for the lost heart.

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  Dog, Inspiration, Heart

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• There is a power in everything; it is the job of the artist to determine it and express it.

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  Jobs, Artist, Power

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• He who wishes to be benevolent will not be rich.

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  Wish, Rich, Benevolent

  Confucius, Mencius (1892). “中西四書”

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• Truth uttered before its time is dangerous.

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  Time, Truth, Honesty

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• The best things in life come in threes, like friends, dreams, and memories.

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  Dream, Memories, Things In Life

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• 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.

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  Men, Evil, Way

  Mencius, James Legge (1875). “The Life and Works of Mencius: With Essays and Notes”, p.327

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• The great person never loses a childlike spirit.

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  Attitude, Spirit, Great Person

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• There is no greater delight than to be conscious of sincerity on self-examination.

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  Self, Delight, Examination

  Mencius, James Legge (1875). “The Life and Works of Mencius: With Essays and Notes”, p.345

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