Never lose your child’s heart.
MENCIUSNever lose your child’s heart.
MENCIUSSincerity is the way to heaven; to think how to be sincere is the way of man.
MENCIUSA real man is he whose goodness is a part of himself.
MENCIUSIs it only the mouth and belly which are injured by hunger and thirst? Men’s minds are also injured by them.
MENCIUSHuman nature is good, just as water seeks low ground. There is no man who is not good, just as there is no water that does not flow downward.
MENCIUSThe feeling of right or wrong is the beginning of wisdom.
MENCIUSIf the King loves music, it is well with the land.
MENCIUSMankind fears an evil man but heaven does not.
MENCIUSHe who loves others is constantly loved by them. He who respects others is constantly respected by them.
MENCIUSThe tendency of mans nature to good is like the tendency of water to flow downward.
MENCIUSHe who exerts his mind to the utmost knows his nature.
MENCIUSBenevolence is one of the distinguishing characters of man.
MENCIUSAll things are already complete in us. There is no greater delight than to be conscious of right within us. If one strives to treat others as he would be treated by them, he shall not fail to come near the perfect life.
MENCIUSIf the prince of a State love benevolence, he will have no opponent in all the empire.
MENCIUSPeople are eager to comment on something when they themselves are not in the situation of doing it.
MENCIUSHeaven sees as the people see. Heaven hears as the people hear.
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