“The truth is that creative activity is one that involves the entire self – our emotions, our levels of energy, our characters, and our minds.”

Be as fluid as water, do not give your enemies anything solid to attack.

When it comes to power, outshining the master is perhaps the worst mistake of all.

I just do what I want to do without hurting other people and you know, I wish other people would do the same.

People go into things for the wrong reasons.

Many a serious thinker has been produced in prisons, where we have nothing to do but think.

Nothing is given to you.

The moment people feel they know what to expect from you, your spell on them is broken.

I believe that everything happens for a reason, and what seems bad at first might in fact be something of a blessing.

The problem with human beings is that they can’t sit alone in a room for more than an hour.

Boldness makes even the smallest animal dangerous.

For the future, the motto is, “No days unalert.”

What’s good for me is certainly not good for other people.

Strike the shepherd and the sheep will scatter.

When our emotions are engaged, we often have trouble seeing things as they are.

There’s no more of an excuse for blaming other people or the world for at least not trying what you should be trying.

It is the fool who always rushes to take sides. Do not commit to any side or cause by yourself. By maintaining your independence, you become the master of others — playing people against one another, making them pursue you.

Watch your thoughts, they turn into words. Watch your words, they turn into actions. Watch your actions, they turn into habits. Watch your habits, they turn into character. Watch your character, it turns into your destiny. It all begins with a thought.

But the West of the old times, with its strong characters, its stern battles and its tremendous stretches of loneliness, can never be blotted from my mind.

The fragrance of flowers spreads only in the direction of the wind. But the goodness of a person spreads in all direction.

I’m not possessive, I’m caring. Once you realize a person doesn’t want that much care, you automatically back off.

Find me someone who has gone to the darkest parts of their own character where they were so close to their own self-destruction and found a way to get up and out of it, and I will bow on my knees to you. You’re my teacher.

Each role has its own different challenges.

Our cup will truly run over only after we have sealed the character cracks.

Character – not wealth, power, or position – is the supreme word.