The eyes envy the mind.

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

We feel free when we escape - even if it be but from the frying pan to the fire.

What is the point of having free will if one cannot occasionally spit in the eye of destiny?

Any technology distinguishable from magic is insufficiently advanced.

No young lady can be jastified in flling in love before the gentleman's love is declared

I don't believe in miracles. My life is a miracle.

Who knows what women can be when they are finally free to become themselves?

When you are desperate to get someone who isn't all that interested in you, you lay siege as hard as you can.

In my twenties, I thought I was Robert De Niro and I invested all of myself in my acting. But, as I've got older, I've calmed down a bit. I've thrown my game plan out of the window.

There are no statues erected to critics.

I don't know nothing about no jungle and bass.