Only fools seek power, and the greatest fools seek it through force.

When a nation is filled with strife, then do patriots flourish.

Filling all the way to the brim is not as good as halting in time.

The fourth (of the four cardinal virtues) is supportiveness: this manifests as service to others without expectation of reward. (Paraphrased: Such service is not a mere conforming to some external rule of behavior, but instead a manifestation of your original nature).

Worlds and particles, bodies and beings, time and space: All are transient expressions of the Tao.

To consider this desirable would be to delight in the slaughter of men; and he who delights in the slaughter of men cannot get his will in the kingdom.

If good happens, good; if bad happens, good.