When you accept yourself, the Universe accepts you.

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.

You cannot write for children. They're much too complicated. You can only write books that are of interest to them.

Im 5 ft 1 ½. That bonus ½ is just as important because every little bit matters

Nothing can be better calculated to advance our interests and character than the establishment of a liberal and disinterested policy, enlightened by patriotism and guided by wisdom.

You have only one model, Jesus. Follow, follow, follow him, step by step, imitating him, sharing his life in every way.

The destiny of the world is determined less by the battles that are lost and won than by the stories it loves and believes in.

The innovation is going to come, and that is good for everybody.

I've never invested myself properly in trying to write stories. When I write lyrics, mostly I write each sentence separately on an index card and then I lay them out and I just mix them up.

There is no way that the heart-lung machine could have been devised and developed other than through studies on living creatures

I breathe, I sleep, I eat music. Music is what I wanted to do.

You don't do characters that are the same as you, otherwise why bother to act?