All people should take responsibility themselves for becoming a Sage or Worthy. Many think becoming a Sage or a Worthy is too lofty a goal and regard themselves as unworthy of it. Therefore, they make no effort to advance toward it … Yet the natural endowment is the same in all human beings, and since it is the same for ordinary persons, how can one not take responsibility oneself for becoming a Sage or Worthy?
In ancient times those who pursued learning started with the intention of becoming leaders and ended with the desire of becoming Sages.
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