Mencius
Mencius
Mencius /ˈmɛnʃiəs/ or Mengzi Chinese: 孟子;was a Chinese philosopher who is the most famous Confucian after Confucius himself...
NationalityChinese
ProfessionPhilosopher
CountryChina
people situation comment
People are eager to comment on something when they themselves are not in the situation of doing it.
dog inspiration heart
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.
inspiration trying wish
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
death abuse dies
Where it is permissible both to die and not to die, it is an abuse of valour to die.
men able bent
Never has a man who has bent himself been able to make others straight.
ignorance knowing understanding
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.
weed men disease
The disease of men is that they neglect their own fields and go to weed the fields of others.
compassion feelings humanity
The feeling of compassion is the beginning of humanity.
running thinking mind
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.
two feet joy
The fruit of humanity is devotion to one's parents. The fruit of righteousness is to respect one's elders. The fruit of wisdom is to understand these two and not to betray them. The fruit of propriety is to regulate and polish them. The fruit of music is the joy that comes from rejoicing in them. When one rejoices in them, they grow. When they grow, how can they be stopped? And when they cannot be stopped, unconsciously one's feet begin to dance and one's arms begin to wave.
dream memories things-in-life
The best things in life come in threes, like friends, dreams, and memories.
positive wisdom children
The great man is he who does not lose his child's heart.
respect respecting-others
He who loves others is constantly loved by them. He who respects others is constantly respected by them.
reality heaven way
Sincerity is the way to heaven.