It is he, is it not?” said the other, “who knows the impracticable nature of the times and yet will be doing in them.”
是知其不可而为之者与？
Source: The Analects, Xian Wen XIV, Chapter 38
Author: The Gatekeeper of Shi Men (speaking of Confucius)
The Unyielding Striver: “Is He Not the One Who Keeps Trying, Knowing It’s Futile?”
