Simulated disorder postulates perfect discipline; simulated fear postulates courage; simulated weakness postulates strength.

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.

When you have doubts about God, the right position to take is agnosticism, atheism is outright arrogance

I played three sports in high school, baseball, football and basketball. Baseball really helped me a lot.

I think of love, and you, and my heart grows full and warm, and my breath stands still... I can feel a sunshine stealing into my soul and making it all summer, and every thorn, a rose.

You should not suffer the past. You should be able to wear it like a loose garment, take it off and let it drop.

I don't understand why people talk of art as a luxury when it's a mind-altering possibility.

I always want to listen to people and receive good criticism, but I just don't have to answer to them; I have to answer to God.

I started off like everyone else does, slogging but having a compulsion to put words on paper. I didn't write or read horror or fantasy, other than children's fantasy, until I was in my teens

Success doesn’t always look like what we think it looks like.

What would a racist call werewolves? Wargs? She kind of liked that one, but suspected that racist bastards didn't read Tolkien.

Successful entrepreneurs figure out when to drive their ideas forward and when to listen to constructive criticism.