Never lose your child’s heart.
MENCIUSNever lose your child’s heart.
MENCIUSHe who attends to his greater self becomes a great man, and he who attends to his smaller self becomes a small man.
MENCIUSHe who exerts his mind to the utmost knows his nature.
MENCIUSSo I like life and I like righteousness; if I cannot keep the two together, I will let life go and choose righteousness.
MENCIUSIn abundance prepare for scarcity.
MENCIUSThe gap between enthusiasm and indifference is filled with failures. The great man is he that does not lose his child’s heart.
MENCIUSNever has there been one possessed of complete sincerity who did not move others. Never has there been one who had not sincerity who was able to move others.
MENCIUSTo act without clear understanding, to form habits without investigation, to follow a path all one’s life without knowing where it really leads; such is the behavior of the multitude.
MENCIUSTreat 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.
MENCIUSFriendship is one mind in two bodies.
MENCIUSKindly words do not enter so deeply into men as a reputation for kindness.
MENCIUSThe great person never loses a childlike spirit.
MENCIUSTo lay hold of the mean without taking into account the occasion is like grasping one thing only.
MENCIUSThere is no greater delight than to be conscious of sincerity on self-examination.
MENCIUSHeaven sees as the people see. Heaven hears as the people hear.
MENCIUSHe who loves others is constantly loved by them. He who respects others is constantly respected by them.
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