“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.”
Best“Kindness in words creates confidence. Kindness in thinking creates profoundness. Kindness in giving creates love.”
Love“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.”
Best“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.”
Change“Those who have knowledge, don't predict. Those who predict, don't have knowledge.”
Knowledge“Life is a series of natural and spontaneous changes. Don't resist them - that only creates sorrow. Let reality be reality. Let things flow naturally forward in whatever way they like.”
Life“A scholar who cherishes the love of comfort is not fit to be deemed a scholar.”
Love“People in their handlings of affairs often fail when they are about to succeed. If one remains as careful at the end as he was at the beginning, there will be no failure.”
Failure“Treat those who are good with goodness, and also treat those who are not good with goodness. Thus goodness is attained. Be honest to those who are honest, and be also honest to those who are not honest. Thus honesty is attained.”
Good“One can not reflect in streaming water. Only those who know internal peace can give it to others.”
Peace“The words of truth are always paradoxical.”
Truth“It is better to do one's own duty, however defective it may be, than to follow the duty of another, however well one may perform it. He who does his duty as his own nature reveals it, never sins.”
Nature“Life and death are one thread, the same line viewed from different sides.”
Death“How could man rejoice in victory and delight in the slaughter of men?”
Men“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.”
Best“Do the difficult things while they are easy and do the great things while they are small. A journey of a thousand miles must begin with a single step.”
Great“The power of intuitive understanding will protect you from harm until the end of your days.”
Power“Govern a great nation as you would cook a small fish. Do not overdo it.”
Great“Knowing others is wisdom, knowing yourself is Enlightenment.”
Wisdom“Silence is a source of great strength.”
Great“Great indeed is the sublimity of the Creative, to which all beings owe their beginning and which permeates all heaven.”
Great“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.”
Truth