Ignorance is the night of the mind, but a night without moon or star.
But if you do not have the Tao yourself, what business have you spending your time in vain efforts to bring corrupt politicians into the right path?
All the darkness in the world can't put out the light of one candle.
The perfecting of one's self is the fundamental base of all progress and all moral development.
The gentleman desires to be halting in speech but quick in action.
There are three unfilial acts: the greatest of these is the failure to produce sons.