Author: Mencius

Quotes

Kindly words do not enter so deeply into men as a reputation for kindness.

Kindly words do not enter so deeply into men as a reputation for kindness.

- Mencius

If the king loves music, there is little wrong in the land.

If the king loves music, there is little wrong in the land.

- Mencius

Friends are the siblings God never gave us.

Friends are the siblings God never gave us.

- Mencius

Friendship with a man is friendship with his virtue.

Friendship with a man is friendship with his virtue.

- Mencius

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.

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.

- Mencius

Only when a man will not do some things is he capable of doing great things.

Only when a man will not do some things is he capable of doing great things.

- Mencius

He who attends to his greater self becomes a great man, and he who attends to his smaller self becomes a small man.

He who attends to his greater self becomes a great man, and he who attends to his smaller self becomes a small man.

- Mencius

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

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

- Mencius

People can have a long-term life plan only if they know their private property is secure.

People can have a long-term life plan only if they know their private property is secure.

- Mencius

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