With virtue and quietness one may conquer the world.
Weapons are instruments of fear; they are not a wise man's tools. He uses them only when he has no choice.
Abandon knowledge and your worries are over.
Lay plans for the accomplishment of the difficult before it becomes difficult; make something big by starting with it when small.
A good traveler has no fixed plans, and is not intent on arriving.
There is one appointed supreme executioner. Truly, trying to take the place of the supreme executioner is like trying to carve wood like a master carpenter. Of those who try to carve wood like a master carpenter, there are few who do not injure their hands.