black
grey
blue
red
brown
white

Incessant falls teach men to reform, and distress rouses their strength. Life springs from calamity, and death from ease.

Mencius

The best things in life come in threes, like friends, dreams, and memories.
MENCIUS

Dream Friendship Life Material Memories
Benevolence is one of the distinguishing characters of man.
MENCIUS

Character Kindness Men
Human 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.
MENCIUS

Goodness Human Humanity Men Nature Water
Sincerity is the way to heaven; to think how to be sincere is the way of man.
MENCIUS

Heaven Men Thinking
There is a power in everything; it is the job of the artist to determine it and express it.
MENCIUS

Artist Job Power
The Tao is near and people seek it far away.
MENCIUS

Effort People Spiritual
The sole concern of learning is to seek one’s original heart.
MENCIUS

Heart Learning Seek
The way of truth is like a great highway. It is not hard to find.
MENCIUS

Path Philosophy Truth Way
He who loves others is constantly loved by them. He who respects others is constantly respected by them.
MENCIUS

Himself Love Respect
All people have the common desire to be elevated in honour, but all people have something still more elevated in themselves without knowing it.
MENCIUS

Deep Desire People Philosophy
A small country cannot contend with a great; the few cannot contend with the many; the weak cannot contend with the strong.
MENCIUS

Country Greatness Strong Weakness
Incessant falls teach men to reform, and distress rouses their strength. Life springs from calamity, and death from ease.
MENCIUS

Born Fall Men Philosophy Spirituality Spring
To lay hold of the mean without taking into account the occasion is like grasping one thing only.
MENCIUS

Oneself Understand
The way is near, but men seek it afar. It is in easy things, but men seek for it in difficult things.
MENCIUS

Easy Men Philosophy Seek Way
The foundation of the world lies in the nation. The foundation of the nation lies in the family. The foundation of the family lies in the individual.
MENCIUS

Confidence Family Foundation Nation World
He who exerts his mind to the utmost knows his nature.
MENCIUS

Himself Mind Nature

Incessant falls teach men to reform, and distress rouses their strength. Life springs from calamity, and death from ease.

Related Topics

Popular Authors

Incessant falls teach men to reform, and distress rouses their strength. Life springs from calamity, and death from ease.

Related Topics

Popular Authors

More Mencius Quotes