If you overesteem great men, people become powerless. If you overvalue possessions, people begin to steal. The Master leads by emptying people's minds and filling their cores, by weakening their ambition and toughening their resolve. He helps people lose everything they know, everything they desire, and creates confusion in those who think that they know. Practice not-doing, and everything will fall into place.

If you realize that all things change, there is nothing you will try to hold on to. If you are not afraid of dying, there is nothing you cannot achieve

When bitter enemies make peace, surely some bitterness remains.

Violence, even well intentioned, always rebounds upon oneself.

He who is able to conquer others is powerful; he who is able to conquer himself is more powerful.

Intelligent people know others. Enlightened people know themselves.

The wicked leader is he who the people despise. The good leader is he who the people revere. The great leader is he who the people say, 'We did it ourselves.'