First, we must do our own personal work, then we tend the necessary work of our family, then our community, then the world.

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.

Stupid men are the only ones worth knowing after all.

How very wonderful friends the moon, the sea and the night are!

Those who do not feel pain seldom think that it is felt.

Our cemeteries are full of people who prayed to live.

It does not matter where we come from or what we look like. If we recognize our abilities, are willing to learn and to use what we know in helping others, we will always have a place in the world.

Music is a hidden arithmetic exercise of the soul, which does not know that it is counting.

The more successful you are, the more you need to learn and grow. Your commitment to learning has to be continuous and unrelenting.

I'm not the type of person who enjoys the limelight.

I want every day to be a fresh start on expanding what is possible.

Ah me, how weak a thing The heart of woman is!