Those who of old were good practicers of Tao did not use it to make people bright, but rather used it to make them simple.

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.

People are successful because they think and act like successful people.

Respond to critics with humility. Most people are experts in finding problems with whatever others do. That should not be a surprise to you.

The hunter does not seek dead game.

I'm not the biggest fan of comedies where nothing is real.

If you are like most people, then like most people, you don't know you're like most people.

Instead of bringing it back and putting the money to work, because they can't work out a deal to - and everybody agrees it should be brought back.

I am against lying, but just because someone asks a question does not mean you have to answer it.

Acting on stage is a living organism you can never pin down, and I believe the audience feeds off that, too.

If the technocratic class often invokes technology, it is because these inanimate objects can take on a trajectory of their own and so cover for the manager's inability to give leadership.

It's people who write music because they are obsessed that I like; because they have something to say and no other way to say it.