He who knows much about others may be learned, but he who understands himself is more intelligent. He who controls others may be powerful, but he who has mastered himself is mightier still.

Those who have hardened, have a covenant with Death. Those who remain gentle are conjoined with Life.

Superior leaders get things done with very little motion. They impart instruction not through many words, but through a few deeds. They keep informed about everything but interfere hardly at all. They are catalysts, and though things would not get done as well if they were not there, when they succeed they take no credit. And, because they take no credit, credit never leaves them.

We are all capable of much more than we think we are.

To know others is to have knowledge. To know yourself is to be enlightened.

Not praising the deserving prevents envy.

What is firmly rooted cannot be pulled out