There is no greater fault than sensual indulgence. There is no greater misfortune than malcontent. There is no greater calamity than greed.

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.

Mr. McGregor's a nasty piece of work, isn't he? Quite the Darth Vader of children's literature.

When you want something badly enough, it does not matter whether it is going to be easy. The passion will push you forward.

Persistent smile brings out hollow dimples, and persistent frowns brings out hollow wrinkles.

Rain, hold me in your glassy arms—cover me in wet kisses

All morality consists in a system of rules, and the essence of all morality is to be sought for in the respect which the individual acquires for these rules.

When black women stick together, we are the most powerful force in the universe.

The people are fed up with the political class.

Of course slavery and the Muslims were deeply implicated in the slave trade, Islam was an Imperialist religion which destroyed Christianity in the Near East, yet nobody mentions those facts.

There's an intelligence within the heart that is far bigger than our figuring out the mind.

That's what you get for ignoring the beauty of Tupperware.