“Governing a great nation is like cooking a small fish - too much handling will spoil it.”
Great“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“Governing a great nation is like cooking a small fish - too much handling will spoil it.”
Great“Knowing others is wisdom, knowing yourself is Enlightenment.”
Wisdom“Great acts are made up of small deeds.”
Great“Nature does not hurry, yet everything is accomplished.”
Nature“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“Kindness in words creates confidence. Kindness in thinking creates profoundness. Kindness in giving creates love.”
Love“When the best leader's work is done the people say, 'We did it ourselves.'”
Best“When you are content to be simply yourself and don't compare or compete, everybody will respect you.”
Respect“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.'”
Good“Silence is a source of great strength.”
Great“Govern a great nation as you would cook a small fish. Do not overdo it.”
Great“Love is of all passions the strongest, for it attacks simultaneously the head, the heart and the senses.”
Love“From caring comes courage.”
Courage“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“Being deeply loved by someone gives you strength, while loving someone deeply gives you courage.”
Courage“Nature is not human hearted.”
Nature“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“Music in the soul can be heard by the universe.”
Music“Great indeed is the sublimity of the Creative, to which all beings owe their beginning and which permeates all heaven.”
Great“I have just three things to teach: simplicity, patience, compassion. These three are your greatest treasures.”
Patience