Book 9: 《子罕》 Zi Han (The Master Shunned)
《子罕》 Passage 9.19
子曰：「譬如為山，未成一簣，止，吾止也；譬如平地，雖覆一簣，進，吾往也。」
Legge Translation (1861)
The Master said: "In proceeding to create a mountain, if I stop after one basketful of earth has been thrown, I stop. In proceeding to level the ground, though I have only thrown one basketful, and yet I proceed, I proceed."