Love is the greatest link that we have with those who have temporarily left us.

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.

All that is beautiful can only be felt.

I always thought I was an extrovert until I became a theatre major. Then I realised I just didn't like silence.

He who envies others does not obtain peace of mind.

... to be forceful was not the same as being powerful and to be gentle was not the same as being fragile...

The professional must learn to be moved and touched emotionally, yet at the same time stand back objectively: I've seen a lot of damage done by tea and sympathy.

People understand about family; people understand about being in situations where you have to be brave. People get falling in love.

The people who invented race, who grouped us together as "black," were inventing and categorizing their ability to do something vicious and wrong.

An easy way to find your own style is to exaggerate yourself a bit and then find a balance.

Life is but a web spun of ghosts and dreams and illusions.

Well, I guess what's caught on film is caught on film, and it would be hard for me to stand here and say that it wasn't, you know me.