Self-will seems to be the only virtue that takes no account of man-made laws.

Nobility of character manifests itself at loopholes when it is not provided with large doors.

Intensity and/or enthusiasm is this god within us – one that instinctively becomes the art of the physical “becoming” and within this transition we no longer care to know what life means. We are indeed furnishing the “what is” by simply being.

Who is there that can make muddy water clear? But if allowed to remain still, it will become clear of itself. Who is there that can secure a state of absolute repose? But keep calm and let time go on, and the state of repose will gradually arrest.

To change with change is the changeless state.

There is a difference: the world, our reaction to it.

Let friendship creep gently to a height; if it rushes to it, it may soon run itself out of breath.

When there is a particle of dust in your eye, the world becomes a narrow path – have your mind completely free from objects – and how much this life expands.

We all have time to either spend or waste, and it is our decision what to do with it. But once passed, it is gone forever.

Opportunities may come your way or they may not. Luck may come your way or it may not. But if they come your way – and you call that luck – you’d better be ready for it!

Being able to find the correct conduct for a special situation is happiness – not a strict standard for every situation.

The measure of the moral worth of a man is his happiness. The better the man, the more happiness. Happiness is the synonym of well-being.

Truth comes when your mind and heart are purged of all sense of striving and you are no longer trying to become somebody; it is there when the mind is very quiet, listening timelessly to everything.

I’m not one of those guys that can brush people off. Besides, I feel that if I can just take a second to make someone happy, why not do it?

I like light rain. It gives one such a sense of calmness and tranquility. I enjoy walking in the rain. But most of all, I like books. I read all types of books – fiction and nonfiction.

I like light rain. It gives one such a sense of calmness and tranquility. I enjoy walking in the rain. But most of all, I like books. I read all types of books – fiction and nonfiction.

The inability to adapt brings destruction.

True friends are like diamonds, precious and rare. False friends are like autumn leaves, found everywhere.

The method for health promotion is based on water, as flowing water never grows stale. The idea is not to overdevelop or to overexert, but to normalize the function of the body.

Please observe the adaptability of water. If you squeeze it fast, the water will flow out quickly. If you squeeze it slowly, it will come out slowly.

If nothing within you stays rigid, outward things will disclose themselves.

Let nature take its course, and your tools will strike at the right moment.

Man is constantly growing, and when he is bound by a set pattern of ideas, or “way” of doing things, that’s when he stops growing.

I’m not a smoker because I don’t think putting smoke into your body is quite the thing to do. As for alcohol, I think it tastes awful. Don’t know why anyone should want to drink the stuff.

I don’t drink nor smoke and those events are many times senseless.

Shut down all forms of distraction. Eliminate all opportunities for rivalry.

Thoughts are things, in the sense that thought can be translated into its physical equivalent.

Sharpen the psychic power of seeing in order to act immediately in accordance with what it sees.

Drop and dissolve inner blockage. A conditioned mind is never a free mind. Wipe away and dissolve all its experience and be “born afresh”.

This feeling defies description, and there is no experience with which this feeling may be compared. It is something like a strong emotion mixed with faith, but a lot stronger.

If you spend too much time thinking about a thing, you’ll never get it done.

Right now I can project my thoughts into the future. I can see ahead of me. I dream (remember that practical dreamers never quit). I may now own nothing but a little place down in a basement, but once my imagination has got up a full head of stream, I can see painted on a canvas on my mind a picture of a fine, big fix or six story Gung Fun Institute with branches all over the States…

I am not easily discouraged, readily visualize myself as overcoming obstacles, winning out over set backs, achieving “impossible” objectives.

I will play with my children and joke with my children, but business is business. When the subject is a serious one, you don’t go around trying to keep from hurting their feelings. You say what must be said and set the rules which must be set without worrying about whether they like it or not.

The way to bring back the dream is to relive the dream as if it were happening now.

Be proficient in your field as well as in harmony among fellow men.

Remember my friend to enjoy your planning as well as your accomplishment, for life is too short for negative energy.

What I detest most are dishonest people who talk more than they are capable of doing.

Joy and suffering are the fruit of right and wrong thinking. Suffering, especially, is mostly self-manufactured; we are never so happy or so unhappy as we suppose.

The Dominicans have the simplicity of a real human being; there is not so hypocrisy like in the big cities.

Aim at perfection in everything, though in most things it is unattainable; however, they who aim at it, and persevere, will come much nearer to it than those whose laziness and despondency make them give it up as unattainable.

Negativeness very often unknowingly creeps up upon us. It helps occasionally to stop all thoughts (the chattering of worries, anticipations, and so forth, in your head) and then once more refreshingly march bravely on.

Most people can talk without listening. Very few can listen without talking. It is very rare that people can talk and listen.

Realizing that my emotions are both positive and negative, I will form daily habits which will encourage the development of the positive emotions and aid me in converting the negative emotions into some form of useful action.

The important thing is that I am personally satisfied with my work. If it is a piece of junk, I will only regret it.

There is fear and insecurity in pride, for when one aims at being highly esteemed, and having achieved such status, he is automatically involved in the fear of losing one’s status.

Then protection of his status appears to be his most important need, and this creates anxiety.

If you think a thing is impossible, you’ll make it impossible. Pessimism blunts the tools you need to succeed.

The more and more you are aware, the more and more you shed from day to day what you have learned so that your mind is always fresh, uncontaminated by previous conditioning.

There is nothing that will enable you to pursue your course in greater peace than the patient bearing of insult. Patience is not passive, on the contrary it is concentrated strength.