Being is born of not being.

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.

Most food you drop is still perfectly edible. If it was in your eyesight the whole time, you can pick it up and eat it.

A garden is an awful responsibility. You never know what you may be aiding to grow in it.

The Internet was a saving grace for promoting and exposing, and even creating. It's a parallel world to the music industry that already exists, and I'm glad to be a part of it.

The simplest and most obvious cause which can there be assigned for any phenomena, is probably the true one.

One day some as yet unborn scholar will recognize in the clock the machine that has tamed the wilds.

Baloney fudging mustard!

People want to know that they're going to get tax relief and Donald Trump has promised that.

The unexpected always happens.

The workforce in Latin America was treated as a vulgar instrument for capital accumulation.

I'm fat and proud of it. If someone asks me how my diet is going, I say 'Fine - how was your lobotomy?'