While you are not able to serve men, how can you serve spirits [of the dead]?... While you do not know life, how can you know about death?


Analects, 11:11

Confucius Quotes

While you are not able to serve men, how can you serve spirits [of the dead]?... While you do not know life, how can you know about death?

While you are not able to serve men, how can you serve spirits [of the dead]?... While you do not know life, how can you know about death?

While you are not able to serve men, how can you serve spirits [of the dead]?... While you do not know life, how can you know about death?

While you are not able to serve men, how can you serve spirits [of the dead]?... While you do not know life, how can you know about death?