Evil exists to glorify the good. Evil is negative good. It is a relative term. Evil can be transmuted into good. What is evil to one at one time, becomes good at another time to somebody else.

It is not difficult to govern. All one has to do is not to offend the noble families.

Let not a man do what his sense of right bids him not to do, nor desire what it forbids him to desire. This is sufficient. The skillful artist will not alter his measures for the sake of a stupid workman.

We live, not as we wish to, but as we can.

The great man is he who does not lose his child's-heart.

Friends are the siblings God never gave us.

If the king loves music, there is little wrong in the land.

He who attends to his greater self becomes a great man, and he who attends to his smaller self becomes a small man.

Truth uttered before its time is always dangerous.

Kindly words do not enter so deeply into men as a reputation for kindness.

There is no greater delight than to be conscious of sincerity on self-examination.

Let men decide firmly what they will not do, and they will be free to do vigorously what they ought to do.

Mankind fears an evil man but heaven does not.

Friendship is one mind in two bodies.

Evil exists to glorify the good. Evil is negative good. It is a relative term. Evil can be transmuted into good. What is evil to one at one time, becomes good at another time to somebody else.

Every duty is a charge, but the charge of oneself is the root of all others.

Sincerity is the way to heaven.

A trail through the mountains, if used, becomes a path in a short time, but, if unused, becomes blocked by grass in an equally short time.

Friendship with a man is friendship with his virtue.

I like fish, and I also like bear's paws. If I cannot have the two together, I will let the fish go, and take the bear's paws. So, I like life, and I also like righteousness. If I cannot keep the two together, I will let life go, and choose righteousness.

If Confucius wasn't born, the long night would have no bright lamp.

Only when a man will not do some things is he capable of doing great things.

People can have a long-term life plan only if they know their private property is secure.

Secure property in hand leads to peace in mind.

The people are the most important element in a nation; the spirits of the land and grain are the next; the sovereign is the least.

The root of the kingdom is in the state. The root of the state is in the family. The root of the family is in the person of its head.

Without effective protection of the citizens' right to property, it will be difficult to attract and accumulate valuable capital.

Is it only the mouth and belly which are injured by hunger and thirst Mens minds are also injured by them.

Every duty is a charge but the charge of oneself is the root of all others.

Human nature is good just as water seeks low ground. There is no man who is not good just as there is no water that does not flow downward.

The great man is he who does not lose his child's heart.

He who loves others is constantly loved by them. He who respects others is constantly respected by them.

Sincerity is the way to heaven; to think how to be sincere is the way of man.

Boldness and decision command, often even in evil, the respect and concurrence of mankind.

For those whose wit becomes the mother of villainy, those it educates to be evil in all things.

Words - so innocent and powerless as they are, as standing in a dictionary, how potent for good and evil they become in the hands of one who knows how to combine them.

Some things must be good in themselves, else there could be no measure whereby to lay out good and evil.

Destroy the seed of evil, or it will grow up to your ruin.

Once to every person and nation come the moment to decide. In the conflict of truth with falsehood, for the good or evil side.

Into every soul, however purged and fenced, evil appears to have as much freedom of entrance as God Himself.

What I have learned from my work up to now, is to try to be open, but also protect myself by not letting the good and the evil get too much importance.

Mankind is not likely to salvage civilization unless he can evolve a system of good and evil which is independent of heaven and hell.

One who is injured ought not to return the injury, for on no account can it be right to do an injustice; and it is not right to return an injury, or to do evil to any man, however much we have suffered from him.

The 20th century taught us how far unbridled evil can and will go when the world fails to confront it. It is time that we heed the lessons of the 20th century and stand up to these murderers. It is time that we end genocide in the 21st century.

Every war results from the struggle for markets and spheres of influence, and every war is sold to the public by professional liars and totally sincere religious maniacs, as a Holy Crusade to save God and Goodness from Satan and Evil.

A great book is like great evil.

May the forces of evil become confused on the way to your house.

Be assured those will be thy worst enemies, not to whom thou hast done evil, but who have done evil to thee. And those will be thy best friends, not to whom thou hast done good, but who have done good to thee.

Hatred is gained as much by good works as by evil.