He who knows others is wise. He who knows himself is enlightened.

The slaying of multitudes should be mourned with sorrow. A victory should be celebrated with the funeral rite.

To delight in conquest is to delight in slaughter.

Arms are instruments of ill omen, not the instruments of the gentleman. When one is compelled to use them, it is best to do so without relish.

Bowed down then preserved; Bent then straight; Hollow then full; Worn then new; A little then benefited; A lot then perplexed.

If you practice inaction, nothing will be left undone: For the way to acquire lordship over society is by invariably not interfering.

It is because every one tinder Heaven recognizes beauty as beauty that the idea of ugliness exists.

He who regards the world as he does the fortune of his own body can govern the world. He who loves the world as he does his own body can be entrusted with the world.

To joy in conquest is to joy in the loss of human life.

To be constantly without desire is the way to have a vision of the mystery of heaven and earth. For constantly to have desire is the means by which their limitations are seen.