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 beg...
He who is contented is rich.
The ruler attains wholeness in the correct governance of the people.
Go to the people. Live with them. Learn from them. Love them. Startwith what they know. Build with what they have. But with the bestleaders, when the work is done, the task accomplished, the people wi...
Klar sieht, wer von ferne sieht, nebelhaft, wer Anteil nimmt.
There is no illusion greater than fear.
A scholar who cherishes the love of comfort is not fit to be deemed a scholar.
Great indeed is the sublimity of the Creative, to which all beings owe their beginning and which permeates all heaven.
Because of a great love, one is courageous.
The sage does not hoard. The more he helps others, the more he benefits himself, The more he gives to others, the more he gets himself. The Way of Heaven does one good but never does one harm. The Way...
In pursuit of knowledge, every day something is acquired. In pursuit of wisdom, every day something is dropped.
Water is the softest thing, yet it can penetrate mountains and earth. This shows clearly the principle ofsoftness overcoming hardness.
Govern a great nation as you would cook a small fish. Do not overdo it.
He who acts, spoils; he who grasps, lets slip.
Great acts are made up of small deeds.