The Higher Hunger: Confucius on Why the Noble Soul Pursues Principle Over Provision

By / / ambition, Dao, gentleman, materialism, purpose, The Analects, Wei Ling Gong XV
Confucius declared: “The gentleman seeks the Way, not mere sustenance.”

The object of the superior man is truth. Food is not his object.

君子谋道不谋食。

Source: The Analects, Wei Ling Gong XV, Chapter 32

Author: Confucius

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