Confucius said, "Contemplating good, and pursuing it, as if they could not reach it; contemplating evil! and shrinking from it, as they would from thrusting the hand into boiling water: I have seen such men, as I have heard such words.Go here to read the introductory post to this serialized version of the Analects of Confucius.
"Living in retirement to study their aims, and practicing righteousness to carry out their principles: I have heard these words, but I have not seen such men."
~ James Legge translation via The Internet Classics Archive ~
Saturday, April 14, 2012
Chapter 16, Part 11 - Confucius
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