He who regards the world as he does the fortune of his own body can govern the world. He who loves the world as he does his own body can be entrusted with the world.
The superior leader keeps informed about everything but interferes hardly at all.
The True Person avoids extremes, self-indulgence, and extravagance.
Conquering the world and changing it, I do not think it can succeed.
The sage does not attempt anything very big, and thus achieves greatness.
The more prohibitions you have, the less virtuous people will be. Try to make people moral, and you lay the groundwork for vice.