An ancient gnarled tree: Too fibrous for a logger's saw, Too twisted to fit a carpenter's square, Outlasts the whole forest.

Grappling with fate is like meeting an expert wrestler: to escape, you have to accept the fall when you are thrown. The only thing that counts is whether you get back up.

All teachings are mere references. The true experience is living your own life. Then, even the holiest of words are only words.

It is too facile to say that the way to follow Tao is to simply go along with the flow of life. Sometimes, like the carp, we must know when to go it alone.

Some Warriors look fierce, but are mild. Some seem timid, but are vicious. Look beyond appearances; position yourself for the advantage.

Whether we remain the ash or become the phoenix is up to us.

Rain scatters plum petals; Weeping stains the earth. One can only take shelter And wait for clearing.

Money is never more important than your body and mind, but you must work and support yourself. Never depend on others for your livelihood.

The appreciation of life does not require wealth or plenty. It requires only gratitude for the beauty of the world.

Once we make our decision, all things will come to us. Auspicious signs are not a superstition, but a confirmation. They are a response.

A moving door hinge never corrodes. Flowing water never grows stagnant.

Belief that we know all & we are always right Leads to distance & silenceKeep learning & Keep Expressing....

All prosperity begins in the mind and is dependent only upon the full use of our creative imagination.

Happiness, contentment, the health and growth of the soul, depend, as men have proved over and over again, upon some simple issue, some single turning of the soul.

The struggle for the vote was an effort to bring men to feel less superior and women to feel less inferior.

I love people who are very honest and very open and don't pretend to be anything they're not.

For whatever reason, I have never separated the technical from the ethical.

Write to one person, not a million.

A pack of jackasses led by a lion is superior to a pack of lions led by a jackass.

Whenever a treaty of peace is signed, God is present.

I was quiet. If I really wanted to say something, I would. I just wasn't interested in saying anything.