148 Quotes by Mencius

The sole concern of learning is to seek one's original heart.

In abundance prepare for scarcity.

Friendship with a man is friendship with his virtue, and does not admit of assumptions of superiority.

When Heaven is about to confer a great office upon you, it first exercises your mind with suffering and your sinews and bones with toil.

A small country cannot contend with a great; the few cannot contend with the many; the weak cannot contend with the strong

I dislike death, however, there are some things I dislike more than death. Therefore, there are times when I will not avoid danger.

Treat your elders as elders, and extend it to the elders of others; treat your young ones as young ones, and extend it to the young ones of others; then you can turn the whole world in the palm of your hand

One who believes all of a book would be better off without books

Only those who develop their minds and spirits to the utmost can serve Heaven and fulfill their own destinies.