No True Distance: Confucius on the Power of Sincere Yearning

By / / action, commentary, desire, determination, obstacle, sincerity, The Analects, Zi Han IX, Zi Han IX Chapter 31
Confucius responded: It is not that you think of it. If you did, how could it be distant?

It is the want of thought about it. How is it distant?

未之思也，夫何远之有？

Source: The Analects, Zi Han IX, Chapter 31

Author: Confucius

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