A good manager is best when people barely know that he exists. Not so good when people obey and acclaim him. Worse when they despise him.

Watch your thoughts, they become words. Watch your words, they become actions. Watch your actions, they become habit.

Those who are right do not argue. Those who argue are not right.

Life is a series of natural and spontaneous changes. Don't resist them; that only creates sorrow. Let reality be reality. Let things flow naturally forward in whatever way they like.

Care about what other people think and you will always be their prisoner.

One who believes in himself has no need to convince others.

He who controls others may be powerful, but he who has mastered himself is mightier still.

Knowing others is intelligence; knowing yourself is true wisdom. Mastering others is strength; mastering yourself is true power.

In order to eliminate the negative influences, simply ignore them.

Let your workings remain a mystery. Just show people the results.

The leader is a teacher who succeeds without taking credit. And, because credit is not taken, credit is received.

Letting go means to come to the realization that some people are a part of your history, but not a part of your destiny.

The bottom can only be accepted by those who aren't hungry enough for the top.

If there was anything any Radchaai considered essential for civilised life, it was tea.

Jesus defied all of these rules. He taught in the outer courts of the Temple so women could join the audience.

A new theory is guilty until proven innocent, and the pre-existing theory innocent until proven guilty ... Continental drift was guilty until proven innocent.

What the head makes cloudy the heart makes clear

The moment we face it frankly we are driven to the conclusion that the community has a right to put a price on the right to live in it

When it comes to family policies, you are dealing with very private issues. Still, my husband and I decided that we didn't want to make our private lives a matter of public discussion.

I was once that little boy Terrified of the world, now I'm on a world tour

I have allowed the president to pick his political appointees…But I will not sit quietly and let him shred the Constitution.