I find good people good And I find bad people good If I am good enough.

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.

Being a Queen will Always be in Style!

During my youth, the idea of moving from Lebanon was unthinkable. Then I began to realise I might have to go, like my grandfather, uncles and others who left for America, Egypt, Australia, Cuba.

There is a vast difference between positive thinking and existential courage.

I grew up on soul music. I was a dancing little creep.

We've all been influenced by other people...If Minnie Riperton never existed, would I have even thought of singing in that (upper) register? I doubt it.

I figured that if I said it enough, I would convince the world that I really was the greatest.

Dead men do not cooperate with grace. Unless regeneration takes place first, there is no possibility of faith.

I think that's what made rap such a stable footprint in culture, that it's so honest.

Men have marble, women waxen, minds.

The basic meaning of etiquette is to be quick at both the beginning and end and tranquil in the middle.