Why did the ancients praise the Way? Did they not say it was because you find what you seek and are saved from your wrongdoings?

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.

The person with an itch can't understand why everyone isn't scratching.

The world is always counting on us to spread peace and unity wherever we go.

Whenever science makes a discovery the devil grabs it while the angels are debating the best way to use it.

Create a paradise anywhere you go.

Cate's absolutely spellbinding. She was like that just eating a sandwich. I knew at the time I was privileged, but since she's become God's gift to actresses I realise exactly how lucky I was.

Four years was enough of Harvard. I still had a lot to learn, but had been given the liberating notion that now I could teach myself.

But every age deserves its fashion and its forms, and no one can control what survives.

This is America: Corporate stealing is practically the national pastime, and Goldman Sachs is far from the only company to get away with doing it.

Government does not cause affluence. Citizens of totalitarian countries have plenty of government and nothing of anything else.

Meditation is the most significant because it opens the door for all other significant things: love, prayer, God, light, music, poetry.