Mencius Quotes

"Let men decide firmly what they will not do, and they will be free to do vigorously what they ought to do."
- Mencius
(Related: Men, Will)

"Sincerity is the way to heaven."
- Mencius
(Related: Heaven, Sincerity)

"There is no greater delight than to be conscious of sincerity on self-examination."
- Mencius
(Related: Delight, Self, Sincerity)

"Kindly words do not enter so deeply into men as a reputation for kindness."
- Mencius
(Related: Men, Kindness, Reputation, Words)

"We live, not as we wish to, but as we can."
- Mencius

"Mankind fears an evil man but heaven does not."
- Mencius
(Related: Evil, Heaven, Man, Mankind)

"Truth uttered before its time is always dangerous."
- Mencius
(Related: Time, Truth)

"It is not difficult to govern. All one has to do is not to offend the noble families."
- Mencius

"If the king loves music, there is little wrong in the land."
- Mencius
(Related: Music, Land, Wrong)

"He who attends to his greater self becomes a great man, and he who attends to his smaller self becomes a small man."
- Mencius
(Related: Man, Self)

"Friendship is one mind in two bodies."
- Mencius
(Related: Friendship, Mind)

"Friends are the siblings God never gave us."
- Mencius
(Related: God, Friends)

"Evil exists to glorify the good. Evil is negative good. It is a relative term. Evil can be transmuted into good. What is evil to one at one time, becomes good at another time to somebody else."
- Mencius
(Related: Time, Negative, Evil)

"Every duty is a charge, but the charge of oneself is the root of all others."
- Mencius
(Related: Duty)

"The great man is he who does not lose his child's-heart."
- Mencius
(Related: Man)