...The sage, traveling all day, Does not lose sight of his baggage. Though there are beautiful things to be seen, He remains unattached and calm.

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.

How quickly we damn ourselves when we start to talk, how small and inglorious we always sound.

Libertarians believe consenting adults have the right to do whatever they choose, except band together.

Persuasion, indeed, is a kind of force. It consists in showing a person the consequences of his actions. It is, in a word, force applied through the mind.

with the true convert, holiness is woven into all his powers, principles, and practice.

You don't BOO an Olympic Gold Medalist!

Trying on pants is one of the most humiliating things a man can suffer that doesn't involve a woman.

What else are our lives but a story we tell ourselves to find some sense in the pain ofliving?

I really forget that I have no arms or legs sometimes.

Faithful servants never retire. You can retire from your career, but you will never retire from serving God.

Once Congress establishes that one person can live at the expense of another, it pays for everyone to try to do so.