The creature born is the creature dying.

The effect of life in society is to complicate and confuse our existence, making us forget who we really are by causing us to become obsessed with what we are not.

A petty thief is put in jail. A great brigand becomes a ruler of a Nation.

The perfect man uses his mind as a mirror. It grasps nothing. It regrets nothing. It receives but does not keep.

Do not struggle. Go with the flow of things, and you will find yourself at one with the mysterious unity of the Universe.

If you have insight, you use your inner eye, your inner ear, to pierce to the heart of things, and have no need of intellectual knowledge.

Let your mind wander in the pure and simple. Be one with the infinite. Let all things take their course.

The torch of doubt and chaos, this is what the sage steers by.

When an archer shoots for enjoyment, he has all his skill; when he shoots for a brass buckle, he gets nervous; when he shoots for a prize of gold, he begins to see two targets.

We cling to our own point of view, as though everything depended on it. Yet our opinions have no permanence; like autumn and winter, they gradually pass away.

Never admire a man by his strength; judge him in how he uses it- A way is made by walking it

The only real purpose of time is to escort humanity in and out of this mortal coil in an orderly fashion.

The prayer of the monk is not perfect until he no longer recognizes himself or the fact that he is praying.

Blessed are those who do whatever they can wherever they are, for no one is devoid of resources or opportunities.

I believe America's best days are ahead of us because I believe that the future belongs to freedom, not to fear.

But as soon as we got that higher speed access to the home there?s going to be a tremendous crunch on the backbones for a much higher speed bandwidth. People really ought to be planning for that.

In business be as able as you can, but do not be cunning; cunning is the dark sanctuary of incapacity.

When a woman ceases to alter the fashion of her hair, you guess that she has passed the crisis of her experience.

Occupying armies have responsibilities, not rights. Their primary responsibility is to withdraw as quickly and expeditiously as possible, in a manner determined by the occupied population.

It is the privilege of any human work which is well done to invest the doer with a certain haughtiness. He can well afford not to conciliate, whose faithful work will answer for him.

Love is the real work of your life. It is your spiritual path. It is the key to your growth and evolution.