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
spring fall men
Incessant falls teach men to reform, and distress rouses their strength. Life springs from calamity, and death from ease.
certain great-things capability
Only when someone refuses to do certain things will he be capable of doing great things.
views path virtue
The regular path of virtue is to be pursued without any bend, and from no view to emolument.
freedom men pet
To feed men and not to love them is to treat them as if they were barnyard cattle. To love them and not respect them is to treat them as if they were household pets.
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.
men littles great-men
Those who follow the part of themselves which is great are great men; those who follow the part which is little are little men.
two together righteousness
So I like life and I like righteousness; if I cannot keep the two together, I will let life go and choose righteousness.
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.
people tao far-away
The Tao is near and people seek it far away.
men able vigor
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.
lying journey men
The path of duty lies in what is near, and men seek for it in what is remote; the work of duty lies in what is easy, and men seek for it in what is difficult.
stupid men artist
Let not a man do what his sense of right bids him not to do, nor desire what it forbids him to desire. This is sufficient. The skillful artist will not alter his measures for the sake of a stupid workman.