“Realize that war is common and justice is strife, and that all things come into being and pass away through strife.”

“It is necessary to understand that war is common, strife is customary, and all things happen because of strife and necessity.”

“What opposes unites, and the finest attunement stems from things bearing in opposite directions, and all things come about by strife.”

“The awake share a common world, but the asleep turn aside into private worlds.”

“The waking have one world in common; sleepers have each a private world of his own.”

“Wisdom is the oneness of mind that guides and permeates all things.”

“It is necessary to take what is common as our guide; however, though this logic is universal, the many live as if each individual has his own private wisdom.”