“God is in all men, but all men are not in God; that is why we suffer.”

The soul becomes dyed with the color of its thoughts.

The people are the most important element in a nation; the spirits of the land and grain are the next; the sovereign is the lightest.

Sell your cleverness and buy bewilderment.

If you know the enemy and know yourself, you need not fear the result of a hundred battles.

When you have eliminated the impossible, whatever remains, however improbable, must be the truth.

Never, ever forget history.

Beauty is truth, truth beauty, — that is all ye know on earth, and all ye need to know.

To establish a heart for Heaven and Earth, to secure a destiny for the people, to carry on the lost teachings of the sages, to open peace for all generations to come.