A leader is best when people barely know he exists, when his work is done, his aim fulfilled, they will say: we did it ourselves.
In wartime, truth is so precious that she should always be attended by a bodyguard of lies.
Nothing in life is so exhilarating as to be shot at without result.
Purity and impurity depend on oneself; no one can purify another.
He who can curb his wrath as soon as it arises, as a timely antidote will check snake's venom that so quickly spreads, — such a monk gives up the here and the beyond, just as a serpent sheds its worn-out skin.
Irrigators channel waters; fletchers straighten arrows; carpenters bend wood; the wise master themselves.
Resolutely train yourself to attain peace.
When we seek to discover the best in others, we somehow bring out the best in ourselves.
It's a good thing to be satisfied with what one has.