“If the prince of a State love benevolence, he will have no opponent in all the empire.”

The disease of men is that they neglect their own fields and go to weed the fields of others.

To lay hold of the mean without taking into account the occasion is like grasping one thing only.

A man must not be without shame, for the shame of being without shame is shamelessness indeed.

Friendship with a man is friendship with his virtue, and does not admit of assumptions of superiority.

The Tao is near and people seek it far away.

Mankind fears an evil man but heaven does not.

The feeling of compassion is the beginning of humanity.

Secure property in hand leads to peace in mind.

The sole concern of learning is to seek one’s original heart.

Never has a man who has bent himself been able to make others straight.

The way of truth is like a great highway. It is not hard to find.

Never has there been one possessed of complete sincerity who did not move others. Never has there been one who had not sincerity who was able to move others.

If you know that a thing is unrighteous, then use all dispatch in putting an end to it–why wait till next year?

The great man does not think beforehand of his words that they may be sincere, nor of his actions that they may be resolute- he simply speaks and does what is right.

A small country cannot contend with a great; the few cannot contend with the many; the weak cannot contend with the strong.

When one by force subdues men, they do not submit to him in heart. They submit because their strength is not adequate to resist.

Men will not receive the truth from their enemies, and it is seldom offered to them by their friends.

We must reach out our hand in friendship and dignity both to those who would befriend us and those who would be our enemy.

We believe that the Anarchists are real enemies of Marxism.

Trying to do it all and expecting that it all can be done exactly right is a recipe for disappointment. Perfection is the enemy.

With some notable exceptions, businessmen favor free enterprise in general but are opposed to it when it comes to themselves.

Praise from a friend, or censure from a foe, Are lost on hearers that our merits know.

Our objective in South Vietnam has never been the annihilation of the enemy. It has been to bring about a recognition in Hanoi that its objective – taking over the South by force – could not be achieved.

He makes no friend who never made a foe.