#Non Interference Quotes

“The purpose of life is to be happy. I don't think it's any more complicated than that. It's also important not to interfere with anybody else's right to do the same. We just need to practice that. It's the Golden Rule.”

“Never even attempt to disturb anyone's tendencies.”

“I will be fond of keeping still, and the people will of themselves become correct.”

“The superior leader keeps informed about everything but interferes hardly at all.”

“A good runner leaves no footprints.”

“Throw away holiness and wisdom, and people will be a hundred times happier. Throw away morality and justice, and people will do the right thing. Throw away industry and profit, and there won't be any thieves. If these three aren't enough, just stay at the center of the circle and let all things take their course.”

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

“He (the sage) wants all things to follow their own nature, but dares not act.”

“Governing a large country is like frying a small fish. You spoil it with too much poking.”

“The world is ruled by letting things take their course. It cannot be ruled by interfering.”

“Governing a large state is like boiling a small fish.”

“Those who are quiet value the words. When their task is completed, people will say: We did it ourselves.”

“I do not interfere, and people become rich by themselves.”

“Of the second-rate leaders people speak respectfully saying, "He has done this, he has done that." Of the first-rate leaders, they do not say this. They say, "We have done it all ourselves."”

“Do you want to improve the world? I don't think it can be done. The world is sacred. It can't be improved. If you tamper with it, you'll ruin it. If you treat it like an object, you'll lose it. There is a time for being ahead, a time for being behind; a time for being in motion, a time for being at rest; a time for being vigorous, a time for being exhausted; a time for being safe, a time for being in danger. The Master sees things as they are, without trying to control them. She lets them go their own way, and resides at the center of the circle.”

“Superior leaders get things done with very little motion. They impart instruction not through many words, but through a few deeds. They keep informed about everything but interfere hardly at all. They are catalysts, and though things would not get done as well if they were not there, when they succeed they take no credit. And, because they take no credit, credit never leaves them.”

“Good Government is not intrusive the people are hardly aware of it; the next best is felt yet loved; then comes that which is known and feared; the worst government is hated.”

“Conquering the world and changing it, I do not think it can succeed.”

“Governing a great nation is like cooking a small fish - too much handling will spoil it.”

“You should rule a great country As you would fry a small fish- With the least turning.”

“Creating without claiming, Doing without taking credit, Guiding without interfering, This is Primal Virtue.”

“The best of all rulers is but a shadowy presence to his subjects.”

“Seal the openings, shut the doors, and until your last day you will not be exhausted. Widen the openings, interfere, and until your last day you will not be safe.”

“To assert that we desire to bring about revolution in other countries, by interfering with their lives, is to speak of something which does not exist and which we never preach.”

“Are there no American citizens sympathizing with whiteguard emigres who conduct propaganda in favor of capitalism, against the Soviets? Then what does the point involve? The point is not to assist these persons, not to finance their activities. The point is that officials of both countries should not interfere in the internal affairs of the other country.”

“[Maxim] Litvinov signed his letter not in private capacity but as representative of the state, just as did President [Franklin] Roosevelt. Their agreement represents an agrement between two states. Signing this agreement both Litvinov and President Roosevelt as therepresentatives of two states have in mind the activities of the agents of those states who should not and will not interfere in each other's internal affairs.”