If princes and kings were not exalted they might be overthrown.

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 suffered for our art. You have to suffer for our art as well!

Our history is an inevitable component of our being. One thing only can release us from the grip of our history. That one thing is forgiveness.

The sinner's ego is crude that of the saint refined, distilled. Careful! It may be more poisonous!

I fell in love with flora of all types, especially ferns. Loved the sparse structure and repetition of shape - almost fractal.

The real miracle here, or stunning thing to me, is that Angela Merkel thought that she could talk on a cellphone and no one would be listening to her, allies or foes.

Money does not arise by convention, any more than the state does. It arises out of exchange, and arises naturally out of exchange; it is a product of the same.

I have a little bit of an out-of-body experience where I enjoy the scenario, and I really do like seeing a crowd turn into a mob, and I do nothing to stop it. People can become really dangerous.

Greatness occurs when your children love you, when your critics respect you and when you have peace of mind.

Let the children's laughter remind us how we used to be.

People that trust wholly to other's charity, and without industry of their own, will always be poor.