If princes and kings were not exalted they might be overthrown.

That which is achieved the most, still has the whole of its future yet to be achieved.

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.

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

The higher the sun ariseth, the less shadow doth he cast; even so the greater is the goodness, the less doth it covet praise; yet cannot avoid its rewards in honors.

A good artist lets his intuition lead him wherever it wants.

The further one goes, the less (he realizes he) one knows.