Since I cannot get men pursuing the due medium, to whom I might communicate my instructions, I must find the ardent and the cautiously-decided. The ardent will advance and lay hold of truth; the cautiously-decided will keep themselves from what is wrong.
不得中行而与之，必也狂狷乎！狂者进取，狷者有所不为也。
Source: The Analects, Zi Lu XIII, Chapter 21
Author: Confucius
