The group will not prosper if the leader grabs the lion's share of the credit for the good work that has been done.

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.

That I can read and be happy while I am reading, is a great blessing.

We, animal and human, come to this time and space to have an experience embedded with our own divine purpose.

motherhood is the great mesh in which all human relations are entangled, in which lurk our most elemental assumptions about love and power.

In short, they were gambling on their luck, and luck is not to be coerced.

I'm just glad that my community has faith and confidence in me.

Detective fiction could not have existed without Edgar Allan Poe.

I'm the evil mastermind behind the scenes. I'm the wicked puppeteer who pulls the strings and makes you dance. I'm your writer.

If there were no poetry on any day in the world, poetry would be invented that day. For there would be an intolerable hunger.

You can find a lot of reasonable buys at Wal-Mart. But one key to making it on a budget is by donating your time and labor to the project. Do-it-yourself projects will always help you save.

You don't just throw the ball - you propel it.