Be extremely subtle, even to the point of formlessness. Be extremely mysterious, even to the point of soundlessness. Thereby you can be the director of the opponent's fate.
You can only be young once. But you can always be immature.
Art is a jealous mistress, and if a man has a genius for painting, poetry, music, architecture or philosophy, he makes a bad husband and an ill provider.
Real misanthropes are not found in solitude, but in the real world; since it is experience of life, and not philosophy, which produces real hatred of mankind
Accomplishing the impossible means only that the boss will add it to your regular duties.
It is only through labor and painful effort, by grim energy and resolute courage, that we move on to better things.
There is almost no area of human life today that is not touched by the effects of science and technology. Yet are we clear about the place of science in the totality of human life - what exactly it should do and by what it should be governed? This last point is critical because unless the direction of science is guided by a consciously ethical motivation, especially compassion, its effects may fail to bring benefit.
Never believe anyone who says we cannot change. Vision is one of the secrets of personal transformation. We are all artists, our mind is the arena of creation and vision is what we are constantly creating. What is your vision of yourself today – patient, relaxed, positive or tense, tight and negative? What do you prefer? So be creative – what does patience look like, feel like, what are you doing that is different when you are patient and you are expressing your power to... wait? Always start with vision not action. See it and you will be it. Be it and you will do it. We don’t ‘get a life’ as some would cynically tell us – we create our life.
Our thoughts and feelings can so easily be influenced by how we perceive others. If we make a firm choice to alway keep a positive vision of those around us, then we will enjoy better relationships.
A celebrity is one who is known to many persons he is glad he doesn't know.
The language of truth is simple.
We will have a world government whether you like it or not. The only question is whether that government will be achieved by conquest or consent.
The mistake we make is to attribute to religions the errors and fanaticism of human beings.
Faked enthusiasm is worse than bad acting - it is bad acting with the intent to deceive.
The most beautiful thing we can experience is the mysterious. It is the source of all true art and all science. He to whom this emotion is a stranger, who can no longer pause to wonder and stand rapt in awe, is as good as dead: his eyes are closed.
