Sparrows who emulate peacocks are likely to break a thigh.

The possession of power over others in inherently destructiveboth to the possessor of the power and to those over whom it is exercised.

Night is the blotting paper of many sorrows.

Every village has to become a self-sufficient republic.

None but the productive can be strong; and none but the strong can be free.

Virtue is more clearly shown in the performance of fire actions than in the non-preformance of base ones.

Never answer a letter while you are angry.

Speechis human, silence is divine, yet also brutish and dead; therefore we mustlearn both arts.

Whoeverhas the mind to fight has broken his connection with the universe. If you tryto dominate people you are already defeated. We study how to resolveconflict, not how to start it.

Evil alone has oil for every wheel

Far better to think historically, to remember the lessonsof the past. Thus, far better to conceive of power as consisting in part ofthe knowledge of when not to use all the power you have. Far better to be onewho knows that if you reserve the power not to

The property of power is to protect.