Famous Mencius Quotations

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"Friendship is one mind in two bodies."
by Mencius
"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."
by Mencius
"Never has a man who has bent himself been able to make others straight."
by Mencius
"Sincerity is the way of Heaven."
by Mencius
"The great man is he who does not loose his child's heart."
by Mencius
"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."
by Mencius (Mengzi Meng-tse)
"A Great man is he who does not lose his childlike heart."
by Mencius (Mengzi Meng-tse)
"There is no greater delight than to be conscious of sincerity on self-examination."
by Mencius (Mengzi Meng-tse)


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