The wise man puts himself last and finds himself first.

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.

Hurt shouldn’t pile up like this inside of someone. No one should suffocate beneath pain on top of pain. You should have time to breathe, time to scream it out until it doesn’t exist anymore.

I write humor as it's pretty much the only thing keeping me out of an asylum.

But you can count the dead bodies from alcohol, tobacco, and legal pharmaceuticals by the millions.

I'm easily distracted by other things in the world around me.

It is necessary to go through all the daily tasks and bring perfection to them, to learn to be perfect in your meditation, and to win in all your endeavors so that one day you will complete again.

I need to sleep, but fear to dream.

The fact that somebody is reducing your salary is just telling me they're not satisfied with what you're doing.

We must never be afraid to be a sign of contradiction for the world.

The real objection to the great majority of cats is their insufferable air of superiority.

Rather than someone that i can't take my eyes off, I want to find someone that I can't take my heart off