To know others is to have knowledge. To know yourself is to be enlightened.

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.

The work that God does in us when we wait is usually more important than the thing for which we wait!

Science is not a game in which arbitrary rules are used to decide what explanations are to be permitted.

Exercise to stimulate, not to annihilate. The world wasn't formed in a day, and neither were we. Set small goals and build upon them.

I sometimes think that the universe is a machine designed for the perpetual astonishment of astronomers.

How many Zen masters does it take to screw in a light bulb? The plum tree in the garden!

Take a cat, nourish it well with milk and tender meat, make it a couch of silk.

When I walk I part the air and always the air moves in to fill the spaces where my body's been.

The British government says that for Sinn Fein to be involved in talks the guns must be left at the door.

Everything is being compressed into tiny tablets. You take a little pill of news every day-23 minutes-and that's supposed to be enough.

So when you enjoy the beats, the rock music - maybe even toned down with an orchestra - you are enjoying the spirit of the black race. And that's what I emphasize to the students.