Cultivate virtue in the world, and it will be universal.

Arms are instruments of ill omen, not the instruments of the gentleman. When one is compelled to use them, it is best to do so without relish.

If people live in constant fear of death, and if breaking the law is punished by death, then who would dare?

Find a teacher who is an integral being, a beacon who extends his light and virtue with equal ease to those who appreciate him and those who don't. Shape yourself in his mold, bathe in his nourishing radiance, and reflect it out to the rest of the world.

Filling all the way to the brim is not as good as halting in time.

Supreme good is like water. Water greatly benefits all things, without conflict. It flows through places that people loathe. Thereby it is close to the Way.

Watch your thoughts, they become words. Watch your words, they become actions. Watch your actions, they become habit.