The root of the kingdom is in the state. The root of the state is in the family. The root of the family is in the person of its head. Mencius More Quotes by Mencius More Quotes From Mencius The way of learning is none other than finding the lost mind. Mencius mind lost way Never lose your child's heart. Mencius your-children heart children Only when someone refuses to do certain things will he be capable of doing great things. Mencius great-things capability certain Never has a man who has bent himself been able to make others straight. Mencius bent able men Only those who develop their minds and spirits to the utmost can serve Heaven and fulfill their own destinies. Mencius destiny mind heaven Sincerity is the way to heaven. Mencius heaven reality way The feeling of compassion is the beginning of humanity. Mencius compassion humanity feelings Where it is permissible both to die and not to die, it is an abuse of valour to die. Mencius abuse dies death The sole concern of learning is to seek one's original heart. Mencius sole learning heart The feeling of commiseration is the beginning of humanity; the feeling of shame and dislike is the beginning of righteousness; the feeling of deference and compliance is the beginning of propriety; and the feeling of right or wrong is the beginning of wisdom.Men have these Four Beginnings just as they have their four limbs. Having these Four Beginnings, but saying that they cannot develop them is to destroy themselves. Mencius humanity feelings men I dislike death, however, there are some things I dislike more than death. Therefore, there are times when I will not avoid danger. Mencius samurai martial-arts warrior Sincerity is the way to heaven; to think how to be sincere is the way of man. Mencius men heaven thinking When Heaven is about to confer a great office upon you, it first exercises your mind with suffering and your sinews and bones with toil. Mencius office exercise heaven He who exerts his mind to the utmost knows his nature. Mencius mind knows The great person never loses a childlike spirit. Mencius great-person spirit attitude The gap between enthusiasm and indifference is filled with failures. The great man is he that does not lose his child's heart. Mencius heart men children He who attends to his greater self becomes a great man, and he who attends to his smaller self becomes a small man. Mencius leadership self men Men must be decided on what they will not do, and then they are able to act with vigor in what they ought to do. Mencius vigor decision men All 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. Mencius insightful would-be perfect When the men of antiquity realized their wishes, benefits were conferred by them on the people. If they did not realize their wishes, they cultivated their personal character, and became illustrious in the world. If poor, they attended to their own virtue in solitude; if advanced to dignity, they made the whole empire virtuous as well. Mencius poverty virtue solitude
