"When the people are ignorant, they are easy to control."

"The more prohibitions there are, the poorer the people will be. The more sharp weapons the people have, the more troubled the state will be. The more cunning and skill man possesses, the more peculiar…"

"If a nation is to be great, it must be like a great river, it must flow freely in every direction."

"Knowledge is a treasure, but practice is the key to it."

"When the best student hears the Tao, he practices it diligently. When the average student hears the Tao, he is half-hearted. When the worst student hears the Tao, he laughs out loud. If he did not lau…"