Knowing ignorance is strength; ignoring knowledge is sickness.

The eye with which you see God is the same eye with which God sees you; one in seeing; one in knowing; one in loving.

A good counter needs no calculator.

A good manager is best when people barely know that he exists. Not so good when people obey and acclaim him. Worse when they despise him.

People are hard to govern. The rulers interfere with too much. That is why people are hard to govern.

Manifest plainness, embrace simplicity, reduce selfishness, have few desires.

Fine words are traded. Noble deeds gain respect. But people who are not good, why abandon them?