Knowing the steps to create living growth: that is art.

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.

All teachings are mere references. The true experience is living your own life. Then, even the holiest of words are only words.

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.

Some Warriors look fierce, but are mild. Some seem timid, but are vicious. Look beyond appearances; position yourself for the advantage.

Whether we remain the ash or become the phoenix is up to us.

Rain scatters plum petals; Weeping stains the earth. One can only take shelter And wait for clearing.

Money is never more important than your body and mind, but you must work and support yourself. Never depend on others for your livelihood.

The appreciation of life does not require wealth or plenty. It requires only gratitude for the beauty of the world.

Once we make our decision, all things will come to us. Auspicious signs are not a superstition, but a confirmation. They are a response.

A moving door hinge never corrodes. Flowing water never grows stagnant.

Perv."He pointed to himself. "Male and eighteen. What's your point?

The imaginative is produced by the human mind as it tries to respond to something greater than itself, struggling to find images adequate to the reality.

No worldly pursuit compares to the joy of experiencing the change of one soul from death to life.

I would take a bad script and a good director any day against a good script and a bad director.

An evil plan does mischief to the planner.

There is no proverb that is not true.

You see that's what I think is such a terrible, terrible betrayal, the trust that people have in government.

I try to figure my adjusted gross income, but no matter how I figure it, it's still gross.

Even to this day, I rarely read any articles on myself. I won't watch anything on television on myself.

I've always wanted to play Maria in West Side Story. My idol is Natalie Wood, and I love the movie, so I think a modern-day twist on it would be really neat.