Peace and quiet govern the world.

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.

A society that has no wrongs will soon have no rights.

Life as time passes may become stale that’s why we have got to believe that the best things are yet to come.

What exactly is it you want?

I wanted Cathy and Irving to actually say 'I do' and be pronounced husband and wife on Feb. 5, which is my mom's birthday.

Every man must define his identity against his mother. If he does not, he just falls back into her and is swallowed up.

The life of a wit is a warfare upon earth.

Ideally, each piece of art's its own unique object, and its evaluation's always present-tense.

The best way to fight terrorism is to do it through a peaceful way. I believe that a war can never be ended by a war.

I do not speak carelessly or recklessly but with a definite object of helping the people, especially those of my race, to know, to understand, and to realize themselves.

Sometimes, you get too hopped up, too excited, and it works against you.