So the unwanting soul sees what's hidden, and the ever-wanting soul sees only what it wants.

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.

There was no jealousy on the part of a new spouse over the love or affection a man or woman shared with a former spouse. It was considered a blessing to have had such loves in one's life.

Fashion is like a fruit, you couldn't eat it a day before and you can't eat it a day after; it's just about today

So, in other words, how you respond to a sculpture, how a viewer sees the sculpture, is vital.

Nothing burns in hell but ego" says Tauler. Does anything live but Buddha Nature, Christ Spirit?

You don't think I'm crazy?" I asked hesitantly. "Like I'm one to judge another persons sanity.

And once again I found myself wondering, as I drifted off to stunned and unbelieving sleep:How do these terrible things always happen to me?

I was trying not to be happy, hopeful. I did not believe I deserved happiness or even hope, if you knew my soul.

People in love, it is well known, suffer extreme conceptual delusions, the most common of these being that other people find your condition as thrilling and eye-watering as you do yourselves.

I hope that's true, because I figured out why I'd never finished it, what I was waiting for. I was waiting for you, Clare. For them. For us. I want to finish it up for you, for them, for us.

It is profitable wisdom to know when we have done enough: Much time and pains are spared in not flattering ourselves against probabilities.