Huai Nan Tzu

Huai Nan Tzu (c. 179 — 122 BC), born Liu An, was a Chinese scholar, and a Prince of the Han dynasty of China. An early Taoist work "The Book of the Prince of Huai Nan'' is attributed to him.

Wisdom and Quotes

• A white bone much resembles ivory; most men fail to distinguish the one from the other. So with men. The specious kind appears to have goodness, but it is not really so.
• A Ch'i individual stole some money at a crowded bazaar. He was walking away with it when the police asked him why it was that he stole the money in the market. The thief replied that the sight of the money filled his mind to the exclusion of the policeman. So his desires made him forgetful of the nature of his act.

Terence