"Battles are followed by years of famine...." - Quote by Lao Tzu

“Therefore: In dwelling, choose modest quarters, in thinking, value stillness, in dealing with others, be kind, in choosing words, be sincere, in leading, be just, in working, be competent, in acting, choose the correct timing. Follow these words and there will be no error.”

“The more prohibitions you have, the less virtuous people will be. Try to make people moral, and you lay the groundwork for vice.”

“The highest tone is hard to hear.”

“If you step out of a tenth story window you do not break the law of gravity, you confirm it.”

“You can be killed just as dead in an unjustified war as you can in one protecting your own home.”

“Avoid miscommunication. The price you pay for it is horrendous.”

“Reprisals are but a sad resource.”

“We have always been a nation different from the Chinese. Long ago we fought wars with them.”

“Man desired concord; but nature knows better what is good for his species; she desires discord. Man wants to live easy and content; but nature compels him to leave ease... and throw himself into roils and labors.”