A man who knows he is a fool is not a great fool.

Perfect happiness is the absence of striving for happiness.

Flow with whatever may happen and let your mind be free. Stay centered by accepting whatever you are doing. This is the ultimate.

Luck implies an absolute absence of any principle.

Understanding that rests in what it does not understand is the finest.

In every relationship, you can always see the ego of the other, but you cannot see your own – and the other one goes on seeing your ego.

Only he who has no use for the empire is fit to be entrusted with it.

The Perfect Man uses his mind like a mirror - going after nothing, welcoming nothing, responding but not storing.

The sage is still not because he takes stillness to be good and therefore is still. The ten thousand things are insufficient to distract his mind - that is the reason he is still.

The Spirit Tower has its guardian, but unless it understands who its guardian is, it cannot be guarded.

Life is a mystery, not a riddle. It has to be lived, not solved.

I feel so grateful to discover that each new day brings me the opportunity to watch the sunrise and fall in love with you again.

There are only ten minutes in the life of a pear when it is perfect to eat.

It's called optimism — but I’m losing the hang of it fast.

One of the privileges of childhood is that some of the world is mediated by adults.

I choose movies, I never choose roles. I look at the script. I look at the director. I look at the other actors - and then the role.

We need foreign skills to stay competitive.

The first year was like icing. Then the cake started to show through.

Neferet, you're nuttier than squirrel turds.

If Michaelangelo were a heterosexual, the Sistine Chapel would have been painted basic white and with a roller.

Depression is merely anger without enthusiasm.