Man at his birth is supple and tender, but in death, he is rigid and hard. Thus, suppleness and tenderness accompany life, but rigidity and hardness accompany death.

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.

Echo of your thoughts are more important than your actions because that has greater impact on the world.

Have you ever heard a blindfolded octopus unwrap a cellophane-covered bathtub?

Every hill becomes a mountain when one has to climb up it.

To the people out there, baseball is a simple sport. But it is complex. It is never easy.

Words have ruined more souls than any devil's agency.

Even though I really admire what Beyonce does, and she's probably got one of the best live shows in the world - honestly! - that's so not my style.

There is always some regret when we accept that love has moved away from us

Our natural and happiest life is when we lose ourselves in the exquisite absorption of home.

No one complains of being a prisoner of love who has ever been a prisoner of loneliness.

I believe most people are essentially good. I know that I am. It's you I'm not entirely sure of.