To know others is to have knowledge. To know yourself is to be enlightened.

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

The leader is a teacher who succeeds without taking credit. And, because credit is not taken, credit is received.

He who has no faith in others shall find no faith in them.

Profound virtue is indeed deep and wide. It leads all things back to the great order.

Highest good is like water. Because water excels in benefiting the myriad creatures without contending with them and settles where none would like to be, it comes closest to the way.

Deal with the small before it becomes large.