The Master said, "I have not seen a person who loved virtue, or one who hated what was not virtuous. He who loved virtue, would esteem nothing above it. He who hated what is not virtuous, would practice virtue in such a way that he would not allow anything that is not virtuous to approach his person.Go here to read the introductory post to this serialized version of the Analects of Confucius.
"Is any one able for one day to apply his strength to virtue? I have not seen the case in which his strength would be insufficient.
"Should there possibly be any such case, I have not seen it."
~ James Legge translation via The Internet Classics Archive ~
Sunday, October 16, 2011
Chapter 4, Part 6 - Confucius
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