The Master observes the world, but trusts his inner vision. He allows things to come and go. His heart is as open as the sky.

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.

You have to stop and freeze the moment, " he told me I had told her. "You have to make yourself remember by repeating it in your head over and over. You have to write to preserve your sanity.

It is not important how they treat the most privileged (or most famous people) [in a country], but how they treat the less privileged ones.

Maybe I was just lucky, but I had the best pregnancy, and I loved giving birth. It was just the most amazing thing, so surreal but so real.

When I step into the batters box and hear my team say my name and they all cheer for me i feel as if i need to hit the ball for them! Softball is life and nothing comes before it

I always knew writing a novel was a great thing.

The Germans sell chemical weapons to Iran and Iraq. The wounded are then sent to Germany to be treated. Veritable human guinea pigs.

You spend some time raising a child in London, carrying it around on one side of your body - it puts your back out!

Even if you don't believe in God, you still have to believe in something that gives meaning to your life, and shapes your sense of the world. Such a belief is religious.

Little changes cost you. Big changes benefit you by changing the game, but only if you go first.

Poets are damned but they are not blind, they see with the eyes of angels.