The one who is filled by virtue is like a newborn baby.

Be merciful, moderate, and modest.

The more prohibitions you have, the less virtuous people will be. The more weapons you have, the less secure people will be. The more subsidies you have, the less self reliant people will be.

There is no greater danger than underestimating your opponent.

Nothing in the world is as soft and yielding as water. Yet for dissolving the hard and inflexible, nothing can surpass it. The soft overcomes the hard; the gentle overcomes the rigid. Everyone knows this is true, but few can put it into practice. Therefore the Master remains serene in the midst of sorrow. Evil cannot enter his heart. Because he has given up helping, he is people's greatest help. True words seem paradoxical.

The more laws that are written, the more criminals are produced.

The more weapons of violence, the more misery to mankind. The triumph of violence ends in a festival of mourning.