"I think the best writing comes from a place of truth, even if it's painful."
Speak confidently as if you are right, but listen carefully as if you are wrong.
不以法推行法度,则国事没有常规,办事的时候就没有规矩可循;法度不用法的手段推行,则政令不能贯彻。
It's often safer to be in chains than to be free.