A journey of a thousand miles starts in front of your feet. A tower nine stories high is built from a small heap of earth. A journey of a thousand miles starts in front of your feet.

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.

You may never live long enough to discover who you are, but by the time you reach middle age you will hopefully realize who you are not.

The prospect of future lives in remote heavens as a compensation for the inadequacy of our present lives is a bad tradeoff for losing out on the present.

Reading - like masturbation - is something you do alone and very little in life brings more pleasure.

Some memories are realities and are better than anything that can ever happen to one again.

Education is not only a ladder of opportunity, but it is also an investment in our future.

Poetry too is a little incarnation, giving body to what had been before invisible and inaudible.

For a good life: Work like a dog. Eat like a horse. Think like a fox. And play like a rabbit.

I'll run one day. Run for my life. To be free and think for myself...I'll run to be emancipated.

I would rather quit while I was ahead. There’s no need in overstaying your welcome.

I am a total loser, in every aspect of my life. I rarely go out. I have a great family and we spend all our time together. I work hard and play hard with them.