Yielding is the way of the 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.

Perhaps you forgave him too much, but who among us would not wish to be so generously loved and generously forgiven?

When people have tried everything and have discovered that nothing works, they will tend to revert to what they know best—which will often be the tribe, the totem, or the taboo.

We must always remember that all medical interventions have risk, and very little can be asserted with 100 percent certainty.

Regret for time wasted can become a power for good in the time that remains, if we will only stop the waste and the idle, useless regretting.

I focus on having a feminine body, a dancer's body. I do resistance and dance and cardio. I like hiking, swimming, being active. It clears your mind and it's a good way to decompress.

My own view on religion is that of Lucretius. I regard it as a disease born of fear and as a source of untold misery to the human race.

What we want is not always what we need.

Life is so simple when you're just doing your job.

The truth is I don't regret it. It was the right decision [not run for president] for my family, and the right decision for me.

God gets you to the plate, but once you're there you're on your own.