A great country is like the lower outlet of a river. It is the world's meeting ground, the world's female.

Good men are bad men's instructors, And bad men are good men's materials.

I am good to people who are good. I am also good to people who are not good. Because Virtue is goodness.

When armies are mobilized and issues joined, the man who is sorry over the fact will always win.

Pride attaches undue importance to the superiority of one's status in the eyes of others; and shame is fear of humiliation at one's inferior status in the estimation of others. When one sets one's heart on being highly esteemed, and achieves such rating, then he or she is automatically involved in fear of losing status.

Those who know do not speak; Those who speak do not know. Stop up the openings, Close down the doors, Rub off the sharp edges. Unravel all confusion. Harmonize the light, Give up contention: This is called finding the unity of life.

. . . learn to value what is important today in the subtle realm rather than what appears desirable tomorrow in the worldly realm.