To bear and not to own; to act and not lay claim; to do the work and let it go: for just letting it go is what makes it stay.

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.

At the heart of the matter is a battle between wish and fear. Fear generally proves stronger than a wish, but it leaves a taste of disappointment on the tongue.

We were at sixty thousand feet. You’re thirty percent lighter upthere.

The first show I ever worked on was The Killing, which was a whodunit crime show.

How much do I owe you?

All things that are truly great are at first thought impossible.

Necessity has the face of a dog.

I was a Georgia state legislator for a great many years

It was the spirit animating the mass and flowing from it, and it expressed the individuality of the building.

Im a character actor, and I made a choice when I was young, after Mystic Pizza, not to go for the mainstream stuff, and to do a more eclectic kind of route.

I think of myself as a beginner. Sometimes that's the whole joy. If you could just do it, there'd be no point in doing it.