See the Worthy and Aspire · 孔子及其弟子

子曰：「見賢思齊焉，見不賢而內自省也。」

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See the worthy and aspire to match them; see the unworthy and examine yourself.

Analects 4.17. Confucius turns both good and bad examples into material for self-correction; the point is to look back at oneself.

What did you last see in someone else that made you examine yourself?

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