One's own self or material goods, which has more worth? Loss (of self) or possession (of goods), which is the greater evil? He who loves most, spends most, He who hoards much loses much

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.

String of fate brings two people together and it is love's job to keep them there.

So much of life, it seems, is determined by pure randomness.

Knowledge is power. You can't begin a career, for that matter even a relationship, unless you know everything there is to know about it.

For glory gives herself only to those who have always dreamed of her.

I cannot be an optimist but I am a prisoner of hope.

There's a great freedom you get when you're making TV that you don't get when you're doing film.

I had a really good childhood up until I was nine, then a classic case of divorce really affected me.

I've made a lot of people a lot of money, and I've made a lot of people really happy. I've entertained millions and millions of people.

I don't want to portray myself as a hardman in management or anything like that.

The glacier knocks in the cupboard, The desert sighs in the bed, And the crack in the teacup opens A lane to the land of the dead.