The greatest teacher has nothing to say. He simply gives himself in service, and never worries.

The one who is filled by virtue is like a newborn baby.

Clay is moulded to make a vessel, but the utility of the vessel lies in the space where there is nothing. . . . Thus, taking advantage of what is, we recognize the utility of what is not.

The biggest in the world is small in its beginning.

The people starve because those above them eat too much tax-grain. That is the only reason why they starve.

What is well rooted cannot be pulled up. What is firmly grasped will not slip loose. It will be honoured from generation to generation.

When armies are mobilized and issues joined, the man who is sorry over the fact will always win.