Give back what you have learned. Share your experience.

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.

Power is not powerful without wisdom.

Not being understood may be taken as a sign that there is much in one to understand.

I have some strong positive reasons why I am on the path that I am, and this is why moving forward is the only option that my mind sees.

That's the thing about empathy—even people with an abundance of it can run out.

She knew her place in this family, always had. Knew why she was conceived. And it wasn't for a photo on the mantle.

Why in the world would you have it interpreted by nine lawyers?

The Negro pays for what he wants and begs for what he needs.

Giving children the opportunity to stir up life and leave it free to discover.

There are problems with the single already. I don't want to put out the first single, Hit the Freeway.

Art, if it is to be reckoned as one of the great values of life, must teach man humility, tolerance, wisdom and magnanimity. The value of art is not beauty, but right action.