Things exalted then decay. This is going against the Way. What goes against the Way meets an early end.

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.

Even if you feel fear, you still have to go ahead and do what you believe in.

It's a very tempting thing to try and relive your glory days when you get a little older and you worry that people have forgotten all about you.

I really don’t feel exclusiveMy ambition instead, perhaps because of my peasant-worker background, is to look at the world with others, not as an aristocratic intellectual.

I'll just go guard some villagers or something. Even if they're not in danger.

America united with a handful of troops, or without a single soldier, exhibits a more forbidding posture to foreign ambition than America disunited, with a hundred thousand veterans ready for combat.

Focusing on the score attaches you to the result. Focusing on the process lets you access your greatest skill and increases your fun.

Yalena: Could you always open your door? Kiki: Yes. Fence, too. Yalena Why don't you? Kiki: Hay sweet. Fresh water. Peppermints.

There must be a marsh in the brains of these men or there would not be so many frogs of wrong ideas gathered in their heads.

Survival in any meaningful sense is the key issue of our time

Without Exception, Begin Every Day of your Life with Gratitude.