Who can wait quietly until the mud settles? Who can remain still until the moment of action?

To know one's ignorance is the best part of knowledge.

Weapons are ominous tools. They are not the noble ruler's tools. He only uses them when he can't avoid it.

Much knowledge will corrupt the heart,/When partly understood,/And so the people grow too smart,/But neither wise nor good.

Learn from the people. Plan with the people. Begin with what they have. Build on what they know.

The net of heaven is very wide in its meshes, and yet it misses nothing.

If you want to be given everything, give everything up.