The Way of Heaven is to benefit others and not to injure.The Way of the sage is to act but not to compete.

To know that you do not know is the best.To pretend to know when you do not know is a disease.

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

I have three treasures. Guard and keep them:The first is deep love,The second is frugality,And the third is not to dare to be ahead of the world.Because of deep love, one is courageous.Because of frugality, one is generous.Because of not daring to be ahead of the world, one becomes the

There is no calamity greater than lavish desires.There is no greater guilt than discontentment.And there is not greater disaster than greed.

People are difficult to govern because they have too much knowledge.

A journey of a thousand miles begins with a single step.

The more laws and order are made prominent,The more thieves and robbers there will be.