The one who rules like the mother lasts long.

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.

To delight in the law of the Lord is to find our source of joy outside of ourselves.

I want people to see their own power.

To be a good hairdresser, you have to understand what the vision is of the designer or the photographer and then sort of add your thing.

I get recognised sometimes. But I just live my life. I get on the bus, I get on the subway, it's not a problem.

Each country, if it so desires, will make its own revolution. And if no such desire exists, no revolution will occur.

With my little band, I did everything they did with a big band. I made the blues jump.

The great lesson of our time is that evil still exists, and when evil is on the march, it must be confronted.

Form and formless are intertwined in this world. The formless can only be expressed in form and form can only be thought with the formless.

The world has never truly had to develop an ethic of interdependence rooted in our common humanity. And if we do it, the 21st century will be the most interesting, exciting, peaceful era in history.

Over-diversification is a hedge for ignorance.