Whatever is fluid, soft, and yielding will overcome whatever is rigid and hard. What is soft is strong.

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.

When we are happy, we forget to eat. Then happiness is a primary need, even more important for life than nourishing the body.

Don’t rely on the opinions of others.Only you will know what isright for you.

Democrats don't resent the rich on behalf of the poor. They resent the rich on behalf of the government.

Deism is logically compatible with evolutionary theory for the simple reason that the theory says nothing about the origin of the universe or of the laws of nature.

Humility is the conscious awareness and acceptance of eternity as your body.

Stress, in addition to being itself, was also the cause of itself, and the result of itself.

All of us have an 'inner clock,' a certain pace at which we function most comfortably and effectively.

Every loss recapitulates earlier losses, but every affirmation of identity echoes earlier moments of clarity.

To win over your bad self is the grandest and foremost of victories.

Saving lives, one day at a time, just like always