Rule a kingdom as though you were cooking a small fish - don't overdo it.

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.

It's like you have a plan and someone comes along and makes you want to change it all, but you still like your first plan, no matter how fantastic the second one makes you feel.

Don't try to write anything you can't feel - it will be a failure - 'echoes nothing worth

The value of marriage is not that adults produce children, but that children produce adults.

The temperament that produces a talent for little things is the opposite of that required for great ones.

People live for the morrow, because the day-after-to-morrow is doubtful.

I have found that words that are loaded with pathos and create a seductive euphoria are apt to promote nonsense.

Sometimes I photograph without looking through the viewfinder. I have mastered that well enough, it is almost as if I were looking through it.

Sometimes you just have to hold your nose and jump into something.

All activities and events that a body is to go through are determined at the time of conception.

There is much to be said for having an experienced international jurist who is entirely unconnected with the allied invaders, on the tribunal.