“Claiming certainty without corroborating evidence is stupid.”

In dealing with those who share his bed, the enlightened ruler may enjoy their beauty but should not listen to their special pleas.

People are submissive to power, and few of them can be influenced by doctrines of righteousness.

The way is the beginning of all beings and the measure of right and wrong.

No benefit is more constant than simplicity; no happiness more constant than peace.

People at present think that five sons are not too many and each son has five sons also, and before the death of the grandfather there are already 25 descendants. Therefore people are more and wealth Is less; they work hard and receive little.

It is not difficult to know a thing; what is difficult is to know how to use what you know.

He who claims to be sure of something for which there is no evidence is a fool, and he who acts on the basis of what cannot be proved is an imposter.

It is dangerous for a ruler to trust others. He who trusts others can be manipulated by others.

Premature certainty is the enemy of the truth.

When you dance, your purpose is not to get to a certain place on the floor. It’s to enjoy each step along the way.

Ever since I started to get recognition I’ve picked out certain fans and reverse-stalked them.

The work of woman is not to lessen the severity or the certainty of the penalty for the violation of the moral law, but to prevent this violation by the removal of the causes which lead to it.

I do worry about the expectation to look a certain way.

There is a certain unique and strange delight about walking down an empty street alone.

People might not get all they work for in this world, but they must certainly work for all they get.

A certain darkness is needed to see the stars.