Excellent leaders of people lower themselves.
Make your heart like a lake, with calm, still surface, and great depths of kindness.
A vessel is formed from a lump of clay with care, however, it is the empty space within the vessel that makes it useful.
How could man rejoice in victory and delight in the slaughter of men?
Ancient masters of excellence had a subtle essence, and a depth too profound to comprehend.
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.