I alone have the mind of a fool, and am all muddled and vague. The people are so smart and bright. While I am just dull and confused.

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.

The truth can’t hide, Colonel. Sooner or later it will rise to the top, like oil in water.

Steel is prince or pauper.

You become what you think. You are what you eat.

You can be very honest and direct with people, respectfully. I never do anything maliciously; I simply give my honest opinion.

The harshness and choice of words can cut deeply. Republicans need to show compassion and to be reasonable when talking to any ethnic group.

The hook-nosed teacher looked past Quirrell’s turban straight into Harry’s eyes — and a sharp, hot pain shot across the scar on Harry’s forehead.

The way I work, the interview never becomes larger than the person being interviewed.

Stupidity is always a capital crime.

We just can't go and try to turn the clock back, that's not happening anymore. You've got to figure something else out.

Instead of just recording reality, photographs have become the norm for the way things appear to us, thereby changing the very idea of reality and of realism.