Knowing the bright, but clinging to the dark, you become a model to the world.

Knowing ignorance is strength; ignoring knowledge is sickness.

To be brave without compassion, generous without moderation, and rule without refraining from being first in the world, are certain deaths.

He who is great must make humility his base. He who is high must make lowliness his foundation. Thus, princes and kings in speaking of themselves use the terms "lonely," "friendless," "of small account." Is not this making humility their base?

The reality of the building does not consist in the roof and walls, but in the space within to be lived in.

Can you deal with the most vital matters by letting events take their course? Can you step back from you own mind and thus understand all things? Giving birth and nourishing, having without possessing, acting with no expectations, leading and not trying to control: this is the supreme virtue.

Be the chief but never the lord.