 To know yet to think that one does not know is best; Not to know yet to think that one knows will lead to difficulty. |
| To love someone deeply gives you strength. Being loved by someone deeply gives you courage. |
| One who is too insistent on his own views, finds few to agree with him. |
| Nothing is softer or more flexible than water, yet nothing can resist it. |
| When virtue is lost, benevolence appears, when benevolence is lost right conduct appears, when right conduct is lost, expedience appears. Expediency is the mere shadow of right and truth; it is the beginning of disorder. |
| Those who have knowledge, don't predict. Those who predict, don't have knowledge. |
| If you realize that all things change, there is nothing you will try to hold on to. If you are not afraid of dying, there is nothing you cannot achieve. |
| Great acts are made up of small deeds. |
| When you are content to be simply yourself and don't compare or compete, everybody will respect you. |
| Mastering others is strength. Mastering yourself is true power. |
| Be Content with what you have; rejoice in the way things are. When you realize there is nothing lacking, the whole world belongs to you. |
| A leader is best when people barely know he exists, when his work is done, his aim fulfilled, they will say: we did it ourselves. |
| He who controls others may be powerful, but he who has mastered himself is mightier still. |
| To the mind that is still, the whole universe surrenders. |
| Truthful words are not beautiful; beautiful words are not truthful. Good words are not persuasive; persuasive words are not good. |
| The wicked leader is he who the people despise. The good leader is he who the people revere. The great leader is he who the people say, 'We did it ourselves.' |
| He who knows, does not speak. He who speaks, does not know. |
| When I let go of what I am, I become what I might be. |
| He who is contented is rich. |
| An ant on the move does more than a dozing ox. |
