To be brave without compassion, generous without moderation, and rule without refraining from being first in the world, are certain deaths.

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.

A good man is as strong as the right woman needs him to be.

In any situation, you only need the strength of endurance.

Your world is created by your words.

Not writing the same kind of book over and over again is to me the real pleasure of what I do.

Let righteousness cover the earth like the water cover the sea!

Liberals and conservatives are looking for entirely different things. Their attitudes toward romance and how they court are really dramatically different. There's almost no overlap.

It isn't the common man at all who is important: it's the uncommon man.

Maybe I was in love, but I was still me, after all.

It's uncomfortable to challenge the status quo.

A dinner invitation, once accepted, is a sacred obligation. If you die before the dinner takes place, your executor must attend.