Hope and fear are both phantoms that arise from thinking of the self. When we don't see the self as self, what do we have to fear?

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.

Nobody really cares if you’re miserable, so you might as well be happy, and make the most of where you are

Love, deep and pure, it opens my heart. It feels like a magical force, one I’d fight to protect, one I’d die to keep.

But here's what I've learned in this war in this country in this city: to love the miracle of having been born.

You will never see the four original Pumpkins on stage ever again, unless it's a Hall of Fame thing. But you would never see a tour. There's so much damage, there's no way.

Great souls are not those who have fewer passions and more virtues than others, but only those who have greater designs.

Even if people censure me, they should do so hat in hand.

With my music, with what I do, I would like to bring a light into the world.

The bees can abide no drones amongst them; but as soon as they begin to be idle, they kill them.

If you're black, you can't just be ordinary. All successful black people are extraordinary.

My heart is a flower blossoming out of my mouth.