Thursday, March 12, 2026

Mo Tzu

Mo Tzu (5th century BCE)

“He who obeys the will of Heaven will regard righteousness as right. He who disobeys the will of Heaven will regard force as right.”

  • From the Basic Writings of Mo Tzu (The Will of Heaven, part I, section 26), translated by Burton Watson (Columbia University Press, 1963).

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