In the highest antiquity, the people did not know that there were rulers. In the next age they loved them and praised them. In the next they feared them; in the next they despised them.

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’re here to change the world, not participate in its tedium.

But let that not be the moral of my story. True happiness doesn't come from simply getting married. I don't believe a woman's worth should be measured by whether or not she's married.

The way out is never through yourself.

My savage indignation toward injustice is proportionate to my profoundly reverent connection with beauty.

History does not care about the suffering of the individual. Only the outcome of their struggles. -P 462 Master Tozay to Eona

The best journalism is sometimes about footnotes—when we write small to say something big.

Faith must have adequate evidence, else it is mere superstition.

It's not up to God for us to use the gift of faith.

That is why my pictures don't look like modern art. It's some sort of timidity on my part I'm sure.

I'm not comfortable being photographed, though I accept it is part of the job.