9 Quotes By Mencius


Friendship is one mind in two bodies.
Mencius on friendship

Friends are the siblings God never gave us.
Mencius on god

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

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

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

Truth uttered before its time is always dangerous.
Mencius on truth

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.
Mencius on character

Every duty is a charge, but the charge of oneself is the root of all others.
Mencius on duty

The great man is he who does not lose his child-heart. He does not think beforehand that his words shall be sincere, nor that his acts shall be resolute; he simply abides in the right.
Mencius on greatness