"To put the world in order, we must first put the nation in order; to put the nation in order, we must first put the family in order; to put the family in order; we must first cultivate our personal life; we must first set our hearts right."
"When the world pushes you to your knees, you are in the perfect position to pray."
"Speak a new language so that the world will be a new world."
"Without stirring abroad, One can know the whole world; Without looking out of the window One can see the way of heaven. The further one goes The less one knows."
"The softest things in the world overcome the hardest things in the world."
"The career of a sage is of two kinds: He is either honored by all in the world, Like a flower waving its head, Or else he disappears into the silent forest."
"In the world there is nothing more submissive and weak than water. Yet for attacking that which is hard and strong nothing can surpass it."
"How could man rejoice in victory and delight in the slaughter of men?"
"By letting it go it all gets done. The world is won by those who let it go. But when you try and try. The world is beyond the winning."
"…you have to learn to live without violence in such a violent world. It is difficult to live sanely in an insane world but that is the only life there is and one has to find one's way to live through it. All that we can do is to never become violent against violence,...