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7.31 The Minister of Crime in Chen asked whether Duke Zhao of Lu knew the rites.
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7.30 The Master said, “Is benevolence indeed so far away? If we really wanted benevolence, we should find that it was at our very side.” 子曰：「仁遠乎哉？我欲仁，斯仁至矣。」 Notes This statement from the Analects by Confucius by no means denies the loftiness of benevolence, but rather emphasizes its attainability. Benevolence does not belong exclusively to sages…
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7.29 At Hu village the people were difficult to talk to. But an uncapped boy presented himself for an interview. The disciples were in two minds about showing him in.
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7.28 The Master said, “There may well be those who can do without knowledge, but I for my part am certainly not one of them. To hear much, pick out what is good and follow it, to see much and take due note of it, is the lower of the two kinds of knowledge.”
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7.27 The Master fished with a line but not with a net; when fowling he did not aim at a roosting bird.
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7.26 The Master said, “A Divine Sage I cannot hope ever to meet; the most I can hope for is to meet a true gentleman.”
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7.25 The Master took four subjects for his teaching: culture, conduct of affairs, loyalty to superiors and the keeping of promises.
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7.24 The Master said, “My students, I know you think that there is something I am keeping from you. There is nothing at all that I keep from you. I take no steps about which I do not consult you, my students. Were it otherwise, I should not be Qiu.”
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7.23 The Master said,”Heaven begat the power (virtue) that is in me. What have I to fear from such a one as Huan Tui?”