Misfortune is the root of good fortune; good fortune gives birth to misfortune.

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.

If tomorrow were never to come, it would not be worth living today.

Success comes when people act together failure tends to happen alone.

Savages we call them because their manners differ from ours.

No one will ever kill me, they wouldn't dare

She had put despair and fear aside, as if they were garments she did not choose to wear.

I wear the black for the poor and the beaten down, Livin’ in the hopeless, hungry side of town.

Unlike some of my peers, I haven't really hit a writer's block. When I hit a block I just paint, which is an old crop rotation trick.

I dislike when people try to pigeonhole me, when all I want is to do good work.

I do love my avocados, which are great for the skin. I eat pretty healthfully.

You cannot further the Brotherhood of Man by encouraging class hatred.