When taxes are too high, people go hungry. When the government is too intrusive, people lose their spirit. Act for the people's benefit. Trust them; leave them alone.

People starve. The rulers consume too much with their taxes. That is why people starve.

One who believes in himself has no need to convince others.

To rule by knowledge ravages the country.

The sage does not strive to be great. Thereby he can accomplish the great.

Those who are unswerving have resolve

He who controls the past controls the future.