Virtue is more to man than either water or fire. I have seen men die from treading on water and fire, but I have never seen a man die from treading the course of virtue.
民之于仁也，甚于水火。水火，吾见蹈而死者矣，未见蹈仁而死者也。
Source: The Analects, Wei Ling Gong XV, Chapter 35
Author: Confucius
