. . . Intelligence is not the same thing as wisdom.

To bear the country's disgrace is to rule the shrines of soil and grain. To bear the country's misfortunes is to be the king of the world.

The wise trusts not only to his physical eyes - thus he can see clearly.

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.

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

The wise man is one who knows what he does not know.

What the Way is to the world, the stream is to the river and the sea.