The ancients said: Hulk to be whole.

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.

The pain is real. Flowing as a brook beneath my flesh. I am broken, and yet, I still breathe.

I never go into the country for a change of air and a holiday. I always go instead into the eighteenth century.

Having instant feedback on twitter to research material I'm considering is an enormous help.

After sounding a lot like other people in my decades of past I have found my own voice when I realized I needed Christ and in so doing I am becoming just like Him as time marches on.

Middle age is when a guy keeps turning off lights for economical rather than romantic reasons.

But I've always been fascinated with that prettiest-girl-in-the-class person that I never was, getting inside her head and showing that she's just as tormented and messed up as everybody else.

Someone who works only for the money will give you trouble one day because of money.

There is no Pleasure like that of receiving Praise from the Praiseworthy

If poor people can vote, one of the main things they vote for is to redistribute money to themselves.

Punk rock has become another viable art form. It always was. But now it's like everyone's doing it.