The reality of the building does not consist in the roof and walls, but in the space within to be lived in.

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.

Accept yourself irrespective of your imperfection and express your skills.

Act as you wish.

Life is like a game of cards. The hand you are dealt is determinism the way you play it is free will.

Words are changing. I find that old expressions are outdated, so when I write something, I try to find a new expression that hasn't been born yet. It's difficult.

'Fringe' is one of my favorite television shows, from its inception. I absolutely love all of the science fiction of it, the mystery of it, and the science in it.

A great department store, easily reached, open at all hours, is more like a good museum of art than any of the museums we have yet established.

He often felt that too many people lived their lives acting and pretending,wearing masks and losing themselves in the process.

I'm a Midwesterner by birth, and when I traveled there, when I was young, most of the small towns were thriving, vibrant places.

Why should art continue to follow nature when every other field has left nature behind?

A man may write at any time, if he will set himself doggedly to it.