Some Warriors look fierce, but are mild. Some seem timid, but are vicious. Look beyond appearances; position yourself for the advantage.

Grappling with fate is like meeting an expert wrestler: to escape, you have to accept the fall when you are thrown. The only thing that counts is whether you get back up.

All teachings are mere references. The true experience is living your own life. Then, even the holiest of words are only words.

It is too facile to say that the way to follow Tao is to simply go along with the flow of life. Sometimes, like the carp, we must know when to go it alone.

Whether we remain the ash or become the phoenix is up to us.

Rain scatters plum petals; Weeping stains the earth. One can only take shelter And wait for clearing.

Money is never more important than your body and mind, but you must work and support yourself. Never depend on others for your livelihood.

The appreciation of life does not require wealth or plenty. It requires only gratitude for the beauty of the world.

Once we make our decision, all things will come to us. Auspicious signs are not a superstition, but a confirmation. They are a response.

A moving door hinge never corrodes. Flowing water never grows stagnant.

You may be capable of great things, But life consists of small things.

There is October in every November and there is November in every December! All seasons melted in each other’s life!

We may explain success mainly by one word and that word is WORK! WORK!! WORK!!! WORK!!!!

Man is unhappy because he doesn't know he's happy. If anyone finds out he'll become happy at once.

Who is the architect? I am the architect.

Build houses and settle down; plant gardens and eat what they produce.

With RoboCop, I couldn't be happier because it's such a quality director.José Padilha is a young master.

A state which dwarfs its men, in order that they may be more docile instruments in its hands even for beneficial purposes--will find that with small men no great thing can really be accomplished.

Humility bids us to take ourselves as we are; we do not have to be cosmically significant to be genuinely significant.

Most working days I can be at my desk for nine hours a day.

There should be asylums for habitual teetotalers, but they would probably relapse into teetotalism as soon as they got out.