The grandest virtue seems deficient.

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.

Equality is the result of human organization. We are not born equal.

Men don't make passes at crones with big (rhymes with passes).

Joel Cairo: You always have a very smooth explanation ready. Sam Spade: What do you want me to do, learn to stutter?

You can't take a dying project, sprinkle it with the magic pixie dust of "open source," and have everything magically work out.

From What-is all the world of things was born But What-is sprang in turn from What-is-not.

It's true that all men are pigs. The trick is to tame one who knows how to find truffles.

It is better to have no emotion when it is work. Do what needs to be done, and do it coolly.

If we have access to nuclear energy, that adds to our maneuverability in ensuring energy security as India marches on, on the path to accelerated development.

You need to be curious one way or another as a designer. Your eye has to stay curious. I look at people and think about how they live. I think about bodies.

If you're going to read minds, start with a simple one.