It is too facile to say that the way to follow Tao is to simply go along with the flow of life. Sometimes, like the carp, we must know when to go it alone.

Grappling with fate is like meeting an expert wrestler: to escape, you have to accept the fall when you are thrown. The only thing that counts is whether you get back up.

Those who don't know how to suffer are the worst off. There are times when the only correct thing we can do is to bear out troubles until a better day.

Who you are is always right.

We may be floating on Tao, but there is nothing wrong with steering. If Tao is like a river, it is certainly good to know where the rocks are.

If you have a good idea, use it so that you will not only accomplish something, but so that you can make room for new ones to flow into you.

Stop obsessing about where you invest your money.Focus instead, on where you invest your time.

Joys divided are increased.

He is a pragmatist. He is not right wing nor left wing nor any wing.

Nobody inspired me more than Julie Andrews, who is a classically trained soprano herself.

God, the boring relative everyone ignores--no one calls, no one writes--until they need a serious favor.

People who wear fur smell like a wet dog if they're in the rain. And they look fat and gross.

I think that [there is] this fundamental right to privacy and the philosophy that government shouldn't be intrusive.

Honestly, a lot of people thought that I was on top of the world selling so many millions of records, and that this is the life that everybody would want, but I never got to enjoy any of my success.

The wife who submits to sexual intercourse against her wishes or desires, virtually commits suicide; while the husband who compels it, commits murder.

Father! - to God himself we cannot give a holier name.