if i dont want to be known, i cannot be known.the best actor can divide role from self.the best liar can divide truth from falsity.

Grappling with fate is like meeting an expert wrestler: to escape, you have to accept the fall when you are thrown. The only thing that counts is whether you get back up.

All teachings are mere references. The true experience is living your own life. Then, even the holiest of words are only words.

It is too facile to say that the way to follow Tao is to simply go along with the flow of life. Sometimes, like the carp, we must know when to go it alone.

Some Warriors look fierce, but are mild. Some seem timid, but are vicious. Look beyond appearances; position yourself for the advantage.

Whether we remain the ash or become the phoenix is up to us.

Rain scatters plum petals; Weeping stains the earth. One can only take shelter And wait for clearing.

Money is never more important than your body and mind, but you must work and support yourself. Never depend on others for your livelihood.

The appreciation of life does not require wealth or plenty. It requires only gratitude for the beauty of the world.

Once we make our decision, all things will come to us. Auspicious signs are not a superstition, but a confirmation. They are a response.

A moving door hinge never corrodes. Flowing water never grows stagnant.

The law has no compassion. And justice is administered without compassion.

War is addictive. Indeed, it is the most potent narcotic unleashed by mankind.

We are guests in our patients' lives.

I can give you the cause of anaphylactic shock in a nutshell.

Sometimes creativity just means the daily work of helping others to see a problem in a different way.

And I understand that, I testified in closed hearings over eight years because there are intelligence matters, there are sensitive matters that should not be held in a public hearing.

The pain goes away, but your work always remains.

We don't need bigger government. We need to shrink the size of government.

God's salvation does not come in response to a changed life. A changed life comes in response to the salvation, offered as a free gift.