King Quotes

Vulgarity in a king flatters the majority of the nation.

Among all shravakas and pratyekabuddhas, bodhisattvas are the foremost. So is the Lotus Sutra; among all sutras, it is the foremost! Just as the Buddha is the King of the Law; so is the Lotus Sutra, it is the King of all Sutras!

The serpent, the king, the tiger, the stinging wasp, the small child, the dog owned by other people, and the fool: these seven ought not to be awakened from sleep.

If a king is energetic, his subjects will be equally energetic.

The king shall lose no time when the opportunity waited for arrives.

Religion is preserved by wealth; knowledge by diligent practice; a king by conciliatory words; and a home by a dutiful housewife.

It is better to be without a king than to have a bad one.

He who forsakes his own community and joins another perishes as the king who embraces an unrighteous path.

The king shall singly deliberate over secret matters; for ministers have their own ministers, and these latter some of their own; this kind of successive line of ministers tends to the disclosure of counsels.

The power of a king lies in his mighty arms; that of a brahmana in his spiritual knowledge; and that of a woman in her beauty youth and sweet words.

Heaven is above all yet; there sits a judge, That no king can corrupt.