Those who seek to satisfy the mind of man by hampering it with ceremonies and music and affecting charity and devotion have lost their original nature.

The effect of life in society is to complicate and confuse our existence, making us forget who we really are by causing us to become obsessed with what we are not.

A petty thief is put in jail. A great brigand becomes a ruler of a Nation.

The perfect man uses his mind as a mirror. It grasps nothing. It regrets nothing. It receives but does not keep.

Do not struggle. Go with the flow of things, and you will find yourself at one with the mysterious unity of the Universe.

If you have insight, you use your inner eye, your inner ear, to pierce to the heart of things, and have no need of intellectual knowledge.

Let your mind wander in the pure and simple. Be one with the infinite. Let all things take their course.

The torch of doubt and chaos, this is what the sage steers by.

When an archer shoots for enjoyment, he has all his skill; when he shoots for a brass buckle, he gets nervous; when he shoots for a prize of gold, he begins to see two targets.

We cling to our own point of view, as though everything depended on it. Yet our opinions have no permanence; like autumn and winter, they gradually pass away.

Never admire a man by his strength; judge him in how he uses it- A way is made by walking it

I do not take constructive criticism from people who have never constructed anything.

In theory, the idea of eternity in heaven singing God’s praises sounds really good, but when I realize I have to go through the death part to get there, I’m not quite so enamored with the idea.

She reads books as one would breathe air, to fill up and live.

Unless you're willing to look a little foolish, forget the possibility of becoming great.

A friend knows the song in my heart and sings it to me when my memory fails.

It is a significant symbol that street art is gaining increased attention and credibility in the art world and that's a good thing.

It's time for conservative Americans to right the ship again.

Ronald Reagan set the stage for the end of the Cold War.

So this is what insanity is. Not goofy behavior, but watching a sudden change in the world you used to know.

I have nothing more to give you than my heart. Spanish saying Hearts are not to be had as a gift hearts are to be earned.