Herbert Fingarette Quote

What disquieted Confucius was "leaving virtue untended and learning unperfected, hearing about what is right but not managing either to turn toward it or to reform what is evil." (7:3) The disciple of Confucius was surely all too aware that his task was one calling not for amazement and miracle but for constant "cutting, filing, carving, polishing" (1:15) in order to become a fully and truly human being, a worthy participant in society.


Confucius: The Secular as Sacred (1998)


What disquieted Confucius was leaving virtue untended and learning unperfected, hearing about what is right but not managing either to turn toward it ...

What disquieted Confucius was leaving virtue untended and learning unperfected, hearing about what is right but not managing either to turn toward it ...

What disquieted Confucius was leaving virtue untended and learning unperfected, hearing about what is right but not managing either to turn toward it ...

What disquieted Confucius was leaving virtue untended and learning unperfected, hearing about what is right but not managing either to turn toward it ...