For all things difficult to acquire, the intelligent man works with perseverance.

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.

Platypus? I thought it was pronounced platymapus. Has it always been pronounced platypus?

At its best, travel should challenge our preconceptions and most cherished views, cause us to rethink our assumptions, shake us a bit, make us broader minded and more understanding.

It is a universal principle that you get more of what you think about, talk about, and feel strongly about.

I want to make every kind of movie that I can make. I don't really care if they're big or small.

Honor your commitments with integrity.

Jazz is a music of great achievements but speed and chops serve a different function in jazz.

I cannot guarantee people absolute fairness. I can only promise that I will do everything in my power to secure fairness or create a greater degree of fairness.

If we seek paradise outside ourselves, we cannot have paradise in our hearts.

Any guy that's not working with the same amount of intensity and passion that I do, I don't want to know.