Follow diligently the Way in your own heart, but make no display of it to 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.

We are filled vessels that gets to choose what we pour back into the world, and what we choose to share defines who we are.

If what you have done yesterday still looks big to you, you haven't done much today.

Kids can and will thrive in the right conditions, but it all seems to start with the teachers, and giving those teachers the resources to teach- and not just to test.

The virtue of the camera is not the power it has to transform the photographer into an artist but the impulse it gives him to keep on looking.

My heart is moved by all I cannot save: so much has been destroyed I have to cast my lot with those who age after age, perversely, with no extraordinary power, reconstitute the world.

I love to make music and stay grounded.

Most people are not ready for death, theirs or anybody elses.

When you're the presidential nominee you get to pick whomever you choose to be on the ticket, and that person gets to say yes or no because, obviously, it's a very important decision.

When in doubt, figure it out. That's the redneck way.

The best thing about Valentine's Day is that if you don't have a lover, you badly remember to get one!