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
children heart your-children
Never lose your child's heart.
children heart greatness
The man of true greatness never loses his child's heart.
children heart men
The gap between enthusiasm and indifference is filled with failures. The great man is he that does not lose his child's heart.
heart men power
When one by force subdues men, they do not submit to him in heart. They submit because their strength is not adequate to resist.
heart knowing heaven
He who goes to the bottom of his own heart knows his own nature; And knowing his own nature, he knows heaven.
children heart thoughtful
A great man is one who has not lost the child's heart.
heart learning sole
The sole concern of learning is to seek one's original heart.
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.
compassion two want
The ways are two: love and want of love. That is all.
kindness compassion maturity
The five kinds of grains are considered good plants, but if the grains are not ripe, they are worse than cockles. It is the same with regard to kindness, which must grow into maturity.
noble authority difficult
It is not difficult to govern. All one has to do is not to offend the noble families.
men water humanity
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.
years evil waiting
If you know that a thing is unrighteous, then use all dispatch in putting an end to it--why wait till next year?
men evil way
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.