The highest truth cannot be put into words.

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.

The Philosopher's Stone was called Silence.

I started dating JD Samson from Le Tigre, and suddenly I was listening to more up-tempo music and old dance music, like ESG and Gang of Four, and I thought, 'Wow. This is fun.'

I'm shy to call myself a director still. When someone says, 'What do you do for a living?' I don't know if I've earned that.

There's nothing better than a good, blind referee.

There are some places that have had real quarrels with the United States' policies, but I think the country is very well-respected worldwide.

I have always looked to movies and theatre for inspiration.

Even sleepers are workers and collaborators on what goes on in the universe.

Knowing English is important, but for us Venezuelans I think it would also be important to know Portuguese. For that reason, we should evaluate the possibility of it being taught in our schools.

If you've got a bloodstain on your T-shirt, maybe dirty laundry isn't your biggest problem.

If one by one we counted people out