“the more implements to add to their profit that the people have, the greater disorder is there in the state and clan;”
“not to show them what is likely to excite their desires is the way to keep their minds from disorder.”
“There is no disaster greater than not being content; There is no misfortune greater than being covetous.”
“Therefore, what has a (positive) existence serves for profitable adaptation, and what has not that for (actual) usefulness.”
“This returning to their root is what we call the state of stillness; and that stillness may be called a reporting that they have fulfilled their appointed end.”
“There is no guilt greater than to sanction ambition;”
“no fault greater than the wish to be getting.”