Cautious, like crossing a river in the winter.

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.

I always welcomed the comforting cloak of night except for the times when I lost something in it.

My first ever job after college was as a flight attendant. I wanted to travel and could not afford it, so I decided to get myself a job where I could travel. I did it for two years and had great fun.

You burned the city of London in our houses and we felt the flames.

The large executive chair elevates the sitter. and it is covered with the skin of some animal, preferably your predecessor.

Economics has been called the dismal science. Once you get to understand it, you may not find it so dismal, but you don't find it much of a science either.

I have always been attracted to the bleaker aspects of life. I love drama.

I agree with Thomas Jefferson, who once wrote that he would support the death penalty only when the infallibility of human judgment had been demonstrated.

There is love there. And then there's times when I can't even stomach Simon. You don't have to sit next to him. That's all I have to say.

Why, then the world ’s mine oyster, Which I with sword will open.

Getting knocked down in life is a given. Getting up and moving forward is a choice.