Have respect for every person and every issue directed at you. Do not dismiss any encounter as insignificant.

Learn to see things backwards, inside out, and upside down.

If you want to be free, learn to live simply.

Endless drama in a group clouds consciousness. Too much noise overwhelms the senses. Continual input obscures genuine insight. Do not substitute sensationalism for learning.

The leader teaches more through being than through doing. The quality of one's silence conveys more than long speeches.

Allow regular time for silent reflection. Turn inward and digest what has happened. Let the senses rest and grow still.

Your behaviour influences others through a ripple effect. A ripple effect works because everyone influences everyone else. Powerful people are powerful influences.

Silence is a great source of strength.

The wise leader speaks rarely and briefly. After all, no other natural outpouring goes on and on. It rains and then it stops. It thunders and then it stops.

Teach people to let go of their superficial mental chatter and obsessions. Teach people to pay attention to the whole body's reaction to a situation.

You can't lead if no one will follow.

I learned the strange art of loneliness, the weathered yearning that swells and passes, and swells and passes, when you walk a trail alone.

The extent and condition of our property, and our choice of style in dwelling, create a powerful emblem of our identity and status.

I admit that living in Nigeria sounds romantic, but Africa isn't America by a long shot. It's a different world and a different place in time...

Every child should have an occasional pat on the back as long as it is applied low enough and hard enough.

If a house has a center of gravity, first of all there is stability. From stability there is serenity. I think this leads to a pleasant feeling

Conversation on the page should reflect what the story is about. It doesn't have to be "realistic" in the sense that it's something you heard and plugged into a story.

Too many judges are fooled into thinking a smile equals style.

I imagine that all Americans have a unique relationship in their individual present to their collective past and how that relationship might shape their identities and experiences.

What is actually happening is often less important than what appears to be happening.