Contemplating good, and pursuing it, as if they could not reach it; contemplating evil and shrinking from it, as they would from thrusting the hand into boiling water.
见善如不及，见不善如探汤。
Source: The Analects, Ji Shi XVI, Chapter 11
Author: Confucius
The Instincts of a Noble Heart: Confucius on the Urgent Pursuit of Good and Swift Flight from Evil
