The Tao that can be told is not the eternal Tao. The name that can be named is not the eternal Name.

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.

No one want to be an imitation of another

The men had scattered in all directions, which men are inclined to do when women leave them to their own devices for any length of time. I believe they are easily bored.

The ultimate act of heroism shouldn't be death.

This life is a deafening roar but listen. You could hear a pin drop.

It makes it hard to get over a certain period of your life when you are constantly revisiting it every night.

We have to stop our jobs from being stolen from us. We have to stop our companies from leaving the United States and, with it, firing all of their people.

I learned to love stories by listening to them.

You can only see one thing clearly, and that is your goal. Form a mental vision of that, and cling to it through thick and thin.

Kings lose crowns but teachers stay intelligent

I heard one cry in the night, and I heard one laugh afterwards. If I cannot forget that, I shall not be able to sleep again.