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.
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… - Mencius
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…
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Only when someone refuses to do certain things will he be capable of doing great things. - Mencius
Only when someone refuses to do certain things will he be capable of doing great things.
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 - Mencius
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
The sole concern of learning is to seek one's original heart. - Mencius
The sole concern of learning is to seek one's original heart.
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.… - Mencius
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.…
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 h… - Mencius
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 h…
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. - Mencius
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.
He who loves others is constantly loved by them. He who respects others is constantly respected by them. - Mencius
He who loves others is constantly loved by them. He who respects others is constantly respected by them.
The disease of men is that they neglect their own fields and go to weed the fields of others. - Mencius
The disease of men is that they neglect their own fields and go to weed the fields of others.
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