What man has more than enough and gives it to the world? Only the man of Tao.

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.

Young lawyers attend the courts, not because they have business there, but because they have no business.

I never really paid much attention to music that was going on in the UK. I was always looking towards the States for my inspiration.

You learn not to mourn every little thing out here, or you’d never, ever stop grieving.

Humanity would have plunged into a new dark age of absolutely frightening and appalling characteristics without Churchill.

So many people I was at school with have all ended up being musicians and putting records out.

You do better in the gym with a trainer; you don't figure out how to cook without reading a recipe. Therapy is not something to be embarrassed about.

And if the reader has no taste for what he reads, all the time is wasted

What I can't figure out is why we're not making more R-rated movies, actually.

There are only two reasons a non-seer would see a spirit on St. Mark's Eve," Neeve said. "Either you're his true love . . . or you killed him.

In Iowa, we take care of people. That's all I think I need to say.