As long as we have hope, we have direction, the energy to move, and the map to move by. We have a hundred alternatives, a thousand paths and an infinity of dreams. Hopeful, we are halfway to where we want to go; hopeless, we are lost forever.

For all things difficult to acquire, the intelligent man works with perseverance.

If I have even just a little sense, I will walk on the main road and my only fear will be of straying from it. Keeping to the main road is easy, But people love to be sidetracked.

Lay plans for the accomplishment of the difficult before it becomes difficult; make something big by starting with it when small.

When his (the good ruler's) task is accomplished and his work done, The people all say, "It happened to us naturally.

Those who praise victory relish manslaughter. Those who relish manslaughter cannot reach their goals in the world.

It is because every one tinder Heaven recognizes beauty as beauty that the idea of ugliness exists.