Those who praise victory relish manslaughter. Those who relish manslaughter cannot reach their goals in the world.

If you search everywhere, yet cannot find what you are seeking, it is because what you seek is already in your possession.

When everyone sees good, then bad exists.

A great country needs more people to serve it. A small country needs more people to serve. So, if both shall get what they need, the great country ought to yield.

Ordinary men hate solitude. But the Master makes use of it, embracing his aloneness, realizing he is one with the whole universe.

Abandon cleverness, discard profit, and thieves and robbers will disappear.

A great nation is like a great man:When he makes a mistake, he realizes it.Having realized it, he admits it.Having admitted it, he corrects it.He considers those who point out his faultsas his most benevolent teachers.He thinks of his enemyas the shadow that he himself casts.