"Fill your bowl to the brim and it will spill. Keep sharpening your knife and it will blunt." — Lao Tzu

When a nation is filled with strife, then do patriots flourish.

The wise man does not lay up his own treasures. The more he gives to others, the more he has for his own.

Be the chief but never the lord.

Govern a great nation as you would cook a small fish. Do not overdo it.