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Mencius quotes for UPSC
5 sourced quotes by Mencius on ethics & morality, integrity & honesty, character & virtue, education & knowledge, mind & self-awareness, with a use case for each in GS4, Essay and interviews.
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The sense of mercy is found in all men; the sense of shame is found in all men; the sense of respect is found in all men; the sense of right and wrong is found in all men. Use it GS4: innate moral sense in all humans; Mencian goodness of human nature.
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Before a man can do things there must be things he will not do. —
Mencius Book 4, part 2, v. 8, as translated by John T. McNeill, A History of the Cure of Souls (New York: Harper & Bros, 1951), p. 59 Use it GS4: ethical boundaries come first; integrity means things you refuse to do.
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Those who are humane achieve glory. Those who are inhumane suffer disgrace. Use it GS4: humane conduct earns honour; inhumanity brings disgrace.
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The way of learning is none other than finding the lost mind. —
Mencius 6A:11, as translated by Wing-tsit Chan in A Source Book in Chinese Philosophy (1963), p. 58 Use it Essay on education: learning as recovering one's true self.
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He who exerts his mind to the utmost knows his nature. —
Mencius 7A:1, as translated by Wing-tsit Chan in A Source Book in Chinese Philosophy (1963), p. 62 Use it GS4/Life: self-knowledge through mental effort.
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