People are submissive to power, and few of them can be influenced by doctrines of righteousness.

It is not difficult to know a thing; what is difficult is to know how to use what you know

It is dangerous for a ruler to trust others. He who trusts others can be manipulated by others.

No benefit is more constant than simplicity; no happiness more constant than peace.

In dealing with those who share his bed, the enlightened ruler may enjoy their beauty but should not listen to their special pleas.

Claiming certainty without corroborating evidence is stupid.

He who claims to be sure of something for which there is no evidence is a fool, and he who acts on the basis of what cannot be proved is an imposter.

The way is the beginning of all beings and the measure of right and wrong.

The intelligent ruler makes the law select men and makes no arbitrary appointment himself he makes the law measure merits and makes no arbitrary judgment himself.

To travel is to live.

Life is a dance between what keeps us going and what is holding us back

As long as I get to be doing what I love, which is making comedy and that kind of thing, I feel lucky that I get to.

[John F.Kennedy] liked fresh company, new people to come visit and then leave. ... I think he liked the protection of numbers too.

Every life holds that which only a miracle can cure.

A fine morning's killing, ay! All their necks wrung - all dead birds! Once they could fly - fly and swim! Fly and swim! All dead now - and sold cheap in the open market!

The incomprehensible pleases us, the inexplicable is our friend.

As screenwriters, we struggle with our own success. We have wallpapered our world and now we can't get anyone to notice the picture we just hung.

You will need to find your passion. Don't give up on finding it because then all you're doing is waiting for the Reaper.

Who has smelled the woodsmoke at twilight, who has seen the campfire burning, who is quick to read the noises of the night?