Art Quote by Zhuge Liang

The enlightened ruler is heedful, and the good general full of caution.

— Sun Tzu

He who knows others is wise. He who knows himself is enlightened.

— Lao Tzu

He who knows himself is enlightened.

— Anonymous

In dealing with those who share his bed, the enlightened ruler may enjoy their beauty but should not listen to their special pleas...

— Han Fei

A wise ruler ought never to keep faith when by doing so it would be against his interests.

— Niccolo Machiavelli

He that fancies himself very enlightened, because he sees the deficiencies of others, may be very ignorant, because he has not studied his own.

— Edward Bulwer-Lytton, 1st Baron Lytton

No matter what one says, you can recognize only those matters that are equal to you. Only rulers who possess extraordinary abilities will recognize…

— Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

To be enlightened is to know oneself and not run away.

— Veronique Vienne

The best of all rulers is but a shadowy presence to his subjects.

— Laozi

Even the enlightened person remains what he is, and is never more than his own limited ego before the One who dwells within him,…

— Carl Jung

You can either be informed and your own rulers, or you can be ignorant and have someone else, who is not ignorant, rule over…

— Julian Assange

He who is to be a good ruler must have first been ruled.

— Aristotle