Love the whole world as if it were your self; then you will truly care for all things.

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.

From my standpoint, coca should be neither destroyed nor completely legalized. Farming should be controlled by the state and by the coca farmers' unions.

It was much easier for me to endure the belittling than it was to watch my dad get belittled.

Happy is the man who can brush aside the offending remarks of another and go on his way.

Art for art's sake. [Lat., Ars gratia artis.]

A lot of people have knowledge, but they don't have the wisdom of when to apply that knowledge.

I can resist you or flee from you or try my hardest not to respond to you, but it makes no difference. You fall in love with me, and I with you". Daniel to Luce Page 352

I deliberately state my age because it keeps me honest. I think lying is a bad idea. Sooner or later, someone's going to catch you.

Never mind what a man says; watch what he does.

Evolution is one of the two or three most primally fascinating subjects in all the sciences.

If you interact with things in your life, everything is constantly changing. And if nothing changes, you're an idiot.