When Heaven is about to confer a great office upon you, it first exercises your mind with suffering and your sinews and… — Mencius Copy Share Image
Is it only the mouth and belly which are injured by hunger and thirst? Men's minds are also injured by them. — Mencius Copy Share Image
Only those who develop their minds and spirits to the utmost can serve Heaven and fulfill their own destinies. — Mencius Copy Share Image
If you know the point of balance, You can settle the details. If you can settle the details, You can stop running… — Mencius Copy Share Image
When Heaven is about to confer a great office on a man, it first exercises his mind with suffering, and his sinews… — Mencius Copy Share Image
“Human-heartedness is man's mind. Righteousness is man's path. How sad that he abandons that path and does not rely on it; that… — Mencius Copy Share Image
There is the work of great men and there is the work of little men. Therefore it is said, 'Some labor with… — Mencius Copy Share Image
When I say that all men have the mind which cannot bear to see the suffering of others, my meaning is illustrated… — Mencius Copy Share Image
The fruit of humanity is devotion to one's parents. The fruit of righteousness is to respect one's elders. The fruit of wisdom is to… — Mencius Copy Share
People are eager to comment on something when they themselves are not in the situation of doing it. — Mencius Copy Share
Only when someone refuses to do certain things will he be capable of doing great things. — Mencius Copy Share
The disease of men is that they neglect their own fields and go to weed the fields of others. — Mencius Copy Share
People can have a long-term life plan only if they know their private property is secure. — Mencius Copy Share
Is it only the mouth and belly which are injured by hunger and thirst? Men's minds are also injured by them. — Mencius Copy Share
Water indeed will flow indifferently to the east or west, but will it flow indifferently up or down? The tendency of our nature to… — Mencius Copy Share
When the men of antiquity realized their wishes, benefits were conferred by them on the people. If they did not realize their wishes, they… — Mencius Copy Share
There is the work of great men and there is the work of little men. Therefore it is said, 'Some labor with their minds… — Mencius Copy Share
There is a power in everything; it is the job of the artist to determine it and express it. — Mencius Copy Share
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 Copy Share
