Mencius Quotes About Heart

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  • He who goes to the bottom of his own heart knows his own nature; And knowing his own nature, he knows heaven.

  • A great man is one who has not lost the child's heart.

    Chʻu Chai, Confucius, Mencius (1965). “Lun Yü”, New Hyde Park, N.Y. : University Books
  • Charity is in the heart of man, and righteousness in the path of men. Pity the man who has lost his path and does not follow it and who has lost his heart and does not know how to recover it. When people's dogs and chicks are lost they go out and look for them and yet the people who have lost their hearts do not go out and look for them. The principle of self-cultivation consists in nothing but trying to look for the lost heart.

  • When one by force subdues men, they do not submit to him in heart. They submit because their strength is not adequate to resist.

    Confucius, Mencius, Ming Zuoqiu, Tso-ch'iu Ming (1861). “The Chinese Classics”
  • The great man is he who does not lose his child's heart.

    Confucius, Mencius (1861). “The works of mencius”, p.198
  • The man of true greatness never loses his child's heart.

  • The gap between enthusiasm and indifference is filled with failures. The great man is he that does not lose his child's heart.

  • Never lose your child's heart.

  • The sole concern of learning is to seek one's original heart.

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Mencius

  • Born: 372 BC
  • Died: 289 BC
  • Occupation: Philosopher