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...
The past has no power to stop youfrom being present now.Only your grievance aboutthe past can do that.What is grievance?The baggage of oldthought and emotion.
Water is the softest thing, yet it can penetrate mountains and earth. This shows clearly the principle ofsoftness overcoming hardness.
Existence is beyond the power of wordsTo define:Terms may be usedBut are none of them absolute.In the beginning of heaven and earth there were no words,Words came out of the womb of matter;And whether...
In the end,The treasure of life is missed by those who hold on and gained by those who let go.
Great acts are made up of small deeds.
Be careful what you water your dreams with. Water them with worry and fear and you will produce weeds that choke the life from your dream. Water them with optimism and solutions and you will cultivate...
In pursuit of knowledge, every day something is acquired. In pursuit of wisdom, every day something is dropped.
A scholar who cherishes the love of comfort is not fit to be deemed a scholar.
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...
He who acts, spoils; he who grasps, lets slip.
Klar sieht, wer von ferne sieht, nebelhaft, wer Anteil nimmt.
Great indeed is the sublimity of the Creative, to which all beings owe their beginning and which permeates all heaven.
Govern a great nation as you would cook a small fish. Do not overdo it.