He who controls others may be powerful, but he who has mastered himself is mightier still.
Do not conquer the world with force, for force only causes resistance. Thorns spring up when an army passes. Years of misery follow a great victory. Do only what needs to be done without using violence.
Truth sounds paradoxical!
To know and not to do is not yet to know.
If princes and kings were not exalted they might be overthrown.
Make the small big and the few many.