“If you want to lead them you must place yourself behind them.”
“all streams flow to the sea because it is lower than they are. humility gives it its power. if you want to govern the people, you must place yourself below them. if you want to lead the people, you must learn how to follow them.”
“Lead the ideas of your time and they will accompany and support you; fall behind them and they drag you along with them; oppose them and they will overwhelm you.”
“What you leave behind is the people you loved. You leave yourself in them.”
“To lead the people, walk behind them.”