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A king should first discipline and refine himself with humility, then guide ministers, family, and finally his people. Self-discipline is the first st...
A king must first discipline and cultivate himself with humility. Only then can he guide ministers, servants, sons, and citizens. Self-governance is t...
One who constantly cultivates the self through knowledge and humility will not regret at the time of death. It encourages lifelong learning and modest...
In strategic decision-making, one must consider self, messenger, minister, words, and manner—sixfold process of sound counsel and resolution.
Reaffirming that one’s own nature, ministers, messengers, secrecy, timing, and expression are the six bases for deciding on counsel or plans.
Protect oneself at all costs—even more than wealth or spouse—because once the body is lost, it doesn’t return, unlike money or marriage.
A king must protect himself and the earth. Wise people say everything is rooted in the self—its stability ensures broader security.
A wise person sets a stable self and steady goal and aims through threefold focus—physical, mental, and spiritual—to be called truly resolute.
The self is like a holy river of truth, with banks of restraint and waves of discipline. Bathing in this (through self-purification) one becomes sacre...
Self is a river of restraint and truth, flowing with character and concentration. Bathing in it purifies one internally, not mere external water.
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