Giving to others selflesly and anonymously, radiating light throughout the world and illuminating your own darkness, your virtue becomes a sanctuary for yourself and all beings.

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.

For me there is something primitively soothing about this music, and it went straight to my nervous system, making me feel ten feet tall.

You are always going to love him, she said " You're stuck with that.

We are all tied to the burdens of this existence, and it seems as if everyday renewal is occurring in our lives and those around us.

Imagination is Reality Lite - a useful substitute when the real pleasure is inaccessible, too risky, or too much work.

When your life begins to harm you, know that you have taken a detour from your true path.

I don't watch a lot of films. I'm usually involved in making them.

I'm not trying to be coy, but I think everyone notices these things like skin color but some people are more aware that they are noticing them than others, maybe. If that makes sense.

Nothing was ever created by a human being that was not first created in the imagination through desire and then transformed into reality through concentration.

If you can play live and support yourself, it's one of the few ways you're going to actually get paid in this business these days.

Any woman whose I.Q. hovers above her body temperature must be a feminist.