When leading people and serving Heaven, nothing exceeds moderation.
As soon as you have made a thought, laugh at it.
If you correct your mind the rest of your life will fall into place.
With that gentleness I can be bold; with that economy I can be liberal; shrinking from taking precedence of others, I can become a vessel of the highest honour.
The Way of the Sage is to act but not to compete.
By the accident of fortune a man may rule the world for a time, but by virtue of love and kindness he may rule the world forever.