The truth often sounds paradoxical.

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.

Books may be the most valuable treasure of knowledge, but it is the human mind, that turns that knowledge into wisdom.

Love simply, perpetually exists and that it’s a matter of psychic housekeeping to make room for it.

I came to realize that life lived to help others is the only one that matters and that it sis my duty ... This is my highest and best use as a human.

But men may construe things after their fashion, Clean from the purpose of the things themselves.

Vision is easy. Ideas are even easier. It's execution that separates the amateurs from the pros.

Are you calling me a weirdo? Highest honor I can bestow.

The things we hope for lead us to faith, while the things we hope in lead us to charity.

It was so much fun conducting an orchestra and watching the musicians' faces as some of Kanye's lyrics went by. They couldn't believe what was going on.

We British play an important role in Europe, even if we have a traditional and historical ambivalence towards the continent.

I always try to find the positives in losing a match but it's not always easy.