说苑/孔子曰：「終日言，不遺己之憂，終日行，不遺己之患，唯智者有之。

孔子曰：「終日言，不遺己之憂，終日行，不遺己之患，唯智者有之。

Eric Henry

Kongzi said, “Talking throughout the day, yet giving oneself no cause for distress; doing things throughout the day, yet giving oneself no cause for dread—only wise people are capable of this.

故恐懼所以除患也，恭敬所以越難也。

Eric Henry

Thus, one can see that fear is the means through which one may eliminate misfortune and that respect is the means through which one may surmount difficulties.

終身為之，一言敗之，可不慎乎！」

Eric Henry

One may be attentive to these things all one’s life yet ruin all through a single word—can one then be anything but careful?