Therefore the stiff and unbending is the disciple of death. The gentle and yielding is the disciple of life.

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.

I wanted to find a nice quiet spot, go to sleep, and dream about kittens.

Everything and everyone is your teacher unless you are a poor student.

He who kneels before God, can stand before any man.

Men like to pleasure us, girl. They like to undo our plaits and give us water to drink from their own mouths. That's what makes the world go round.

Did you ever see a one eyed woman cry? You know the saddest thing about the woman, the tears don't come out just one eye.

At the end of the day, I let myself have a glass of wine.

Without the benefit of Google, ask anybody to name more than five female filmmakers that have made more than three films. It's shockingly hard.

So long as I get some sleep and get to take care of myself and eat healthy and that sort of thing, I'm OK. I'm not out there digging ditches and it's not brain surgery.

On the sixth day God saw He couldn't do it all, so He created ENGINEERS

By Baptism we are made flesh of the Crucified