Even if people do not know what real kindness is, they nonetheless have it within them.
The path may not be left for an instant. If it could be left, it would not be the path.
First there must be order and harmony within your own mind. Then this order will spread to your family, then to the community, and finally to your entire kingdom. Only then can you have peace and harmony.
A good man does not make a warrior, just as good steel does not go for nails.
To know your faults and be able to change is the greatest virtue.
To rein a kingdom efficiently it is necessary, before all, to put into good order the family. It's impossible for a man who doesn't know how to lead his own family to know how to lead a country.