Can you care for the people and rule the country and not be cunning?

Why separate your spiritual life and your practical life? To an integral being, there is no such distinction.

The one who does not honor the teacher and the one who does not honor the task, although ever so knowledgeable, they are confused.

To delight in conquest is to delight in slaughter.

Dignified, like a guest.

The wicked leader is he who the people despise. The good leader is he who the people revere. The great leader is he who the people say, 'We did it ourselves.'

Knowing others is to be clever. Knowing yourself is to be enlightened. Overcoming others requires force. Overcoming yourself requires strength.