"People are difficult to govern because they..." - Quote by Lao Tzu

“A terrace nine stories high begins with a pile of earth.”

“A good mooring needs no knot, still no one can untie it.”

“Those who do not trust enough should not be trusted.”

“People starve. The rulers consume too much with their taxes. That is why people starve.”

“Science should be on tap, not on top.”

“A state is nothing more than a reflection of its citizens; the more decent the citizens, the more decent the state.”

“Wise men speak because they have something to say”

“Thus our own age is essentially one of understanding, and on the average, perhaps, more knowledgeable than any former generation, but it is without passion. Every one knows a great deal, we all know which way we ought to go and all the different ways we can go, but nobody is willing to move.”

“God could cause us considerable embarrassment by revealing all the secrets of nature to us: we should not know what to do for sheer apathy and boredom.”