Be content with an ordinary life.

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.

How many things can I do without?

I do not like the raw sound of the human voice in unison unless it is under the discipline of music.

When a blind man says, 'God is good, ' this should be an eye-opener to those who can see.

Human mercy is proof of having received divine mercy.

I can never fathom it when people say things like "I can't understand abstract art!" Or: "Abstract art is junk!" Or: "Abstract art isn't as valid as realism!"

My top priority is to stop the cuts to our public schools.

At the center of the religious life is a peculiar kind of joy, the prospect of a happy ending that blossoms from necessarily painful ordeals, the promise of human difficulties embraced and overcome.

We use our intelligence, our creative intelligence, because we create with intelligence.

Forgiveness is choosing to see your offender with different eyes.

You know you're a stoner when your friends make you a Bob Marley cake. You know you smoke way too much f--king weed!