Chapter 16, Part 11 - Confucius

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.

"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 ~

Go here to read the introductory post to this serialized version of the Analects of Confucius.