The sage acts by doing nothing.

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 are no conditions to which a person cannot grow accustomed, especially if he sees that everyone around him lives in the same way.

Life is a process of discovering your INNATE NATURE!

Stay with me tonight. Let me hold you even if that's all it is. Let me keep you safe.

Progress is the sum of small victories won by individual human beings.

You can't be a real man if you don't look out for your kids. They need you.

The fireworks begin today. Each diploma is a lighted match. Each one of you is a fuse.

My ambition really was, even as a child, to be a writer, a commentator, and a teacher, but a teacher of Talmud.

But our comedies never endured long without a tragedy.

What I've accomplished for myself is beyond my wildest dreams. What I accomplished for my country is one of my most proud achievements.

Far off in the red mangroves an alligator has heaved himself onto a hummock of grass and lies there, studying his poems.