“Doing nothing is better than being busy doing nothing.”

The best fighter is never angry.

The reason why the universe is eternal is that it does not live for itself; it gives life to others as it transforms.

When you are content to be simply yourself and don’t compare or compete, everyone will respect you.

Compassionate toward yourself, you reconcile all beings in the world.

Silence is a source of Great Strength.

Empty your mind of all thoughts. Let your heart be at peace.

Manifest plainness, Embrace simplicity, Reduce selfishness, Have few desires.

Muddy water, let stand, becomes clear.

When there is no desire, all things are at peace.

The journey of a thousand miles begins with a single step.

The truth is not always beautiful, nor beautiful words the truth.

Respond intelligently even to unintelligent treatment.

When the student is ready the teacher will appear. When the student is truly ready. The teacher will Disappear.

The road you can talk about is not the road you can walk on.

The flame that burns Twice as bright burns half as long.

If you are untrustworthy, people will not trust you.

I can at any moment convert my time into money, but I do not require more of the latter than is sufficient for necessary purposes.

Being president is like being a jackass in a hailstorm. There’s nothing to do but to stand there and take it.

If your thighs touch, don’t be scared. They are just kissing; it’s a love affair.

You see much more of your children once they leave home.

Safe sex is great sex, better wear a latex, cause you don’t want that late text, that ‘I think I’m late’ text.

Unless in communicating with it one says exactly what one means, trouble is bound to result.

Woman of my dreams, I don’t sleep so I can’t find her.

I have learned that only two things are necessary to keep one’s wife happy. First, let her think she’s having her own way. And second, let her have it.