148 Quotes by Mencius

Is it only the mouth and belly which are injured by hunger and thirst? Men’s minds are also injured by them.

Never lose your child’s heart.

Listen to a man’s words and look at the pupil of his eye. How can a man conceal his character?

He who exerts his mind to the utmost knows his nature.

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.

Treat others as you would be treated. Devote yourself to that, for there’s no more direct approach to Humanity.

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

People are distressed by their inability to do it. The problem, however, is simply that they don’t do it.

La amistad es una mente en dos cuerpos.