It is better not to make merit a matter of reward Lest people conspire and contend.

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.

Mathematics and poetry are the two ways to drink the beauty of truth.

Everything in life is possible only when you set your priorities straight”.

There is a gigantic difference between earning a great deal of money and being rich.

When the president does it that means it is not illegal.

France cannot be France without greatness.

Every sermon must contain a certain shot of heresy.

All I know is reception; I am and I have: but I do not get, and when I fancied I had gotten anything, I found I did not.

Jesus tells you exactly how to get it. Put your money in missions-and in your church and the poor-and your heart will follow.

If you have truly been born again, it was the Holy Spirit who convicted you of sin and drew you into a relationship with Jesus.

ISIS goes after any group that deviates from its extreme ideology, dissident Muslims, for example, or the Yazidis who practice an ancient religion distinct from both Islam and Christianity.