He who knows much about others may be learned, but he who understands himself is more intelligent. He who controls others may be powerful, but he who has mastered himself is mightier still.

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 fail to succeed

If the world needs to end on its own choice, it would have end by now.

If I don't make it to heaven, at least I know what hell feels like with this heat!

Discipline has enemies, and one of them is you.

Everybody is playing games. There are games now for pretty much every age, every demographic.

I had this whole ritual with my mother making the bed with me inside it so I would be invisible.

Tell me again how much you agree with me.

There's no shame in stealing - any actor who says he doesn't is lying. You steal from everything.

My personal political convictions are rooted in the populist political traditions of western Canada.

I love exploring the past lives, just because I think it adds so much dimension to a personality.