“Silence, and non action are the root of all things.”

Men of this world all rejoice in others being like themselves, and object to others not being like themselves.

Breathing control gives man strength, vitality, inspiration, and magic powers.

Great wisdom is generous; petty wisdom is contentious. Great speech is impassioned, small speech cantankerous.

True depth of understanding is wide and steady, Shallow understanding is lazy and wandering, Words of wisdom are precise and clear.

Luck implies an absolute absence of any principle.

Never admire a man by his strength; judge him in how he uses it- A way is made by walking it.

A petty thief is put in jail. A great brigand becomes a ruler of a Nation.

To regard the fundamental as the essence, to regard things as coarse, to regard accumulation as deficiency, and to dwell quietly alone with the spiritual and the intelligent – herein lie the techniques of Tao of the ancients.

The ten thousand things belong to one storehouse and life and death share the same body.

The wise man knows that it is better to sit on the banks of a remote mountain stream than to be emperor of the whole world.

If water derives lucidity from stillness, how much more the faculties of the mind! The mind of the sage, being in repose, becomes the mirror of the universe, the speculum of all creation.

Either in conflict with others or in harmony with them, we go through life like a runaway horse, unable to stop.

To be truly ignorant, be content with your own knowledge.

Those who follow the Tao are of clear mind. They do not load their mind with anxieties and are flexible in their adjustment to external conditions.

The sound of water says what I think.

He who pursues fame at the risk of losing his self is not a scholar.

We all tend to be in the same circles – people like my Wu-Tang brothers, or Black Thought from The Roots.

My roots are in Paris, and I will not pull them up.

I’m not an alcohol drinker. Instead of the real beer, I just go with root beer.

Folk rock was my real roots. I did a few gigs as a folk artist, in the style of Fairport Convention.

Lay the ax to the root of the tree, and the capacity for Jesus Christ will be increased tomorrow.

This submission to the threshold of a cross is at the very root of our following Jesus; it changes the game completely.

All writers have roots they draw from – travel, work, family. My roots are in science and it is fertile ground for fiction.

I write plays about things that I can’t resolve in my mind. I try to root things out.