There is nothing worse than solitude. Solitude can help a man realize himself; but it destroys a woman.

I imposed black; it still going strong today, for black wipes out everything else around.

I invented my life by taking for granted that everything I did not like would have an opposite, which I would like.

Dress shabbily and they remember the dress; dress impeccably and they remember the woman.

The poorer we are inwardly, the more we try to enrich ourselves outwardly.

The stillness in stillness is not the real stillness; only when there is stillness in movement does the universal rhythm manifest.

Now I see that I will never find the light, Unless, like the candle, I am my own fuel, Consuming myself.

Humility is not thinking less of yourself, but thinking of yourself less.

In order to control myself I must first accept myself by going with and not against my nature.

When the opponent expand, I contract. When he contracts, I expand. And, when there is an opportunity, I do not hit - it hits all by itself.

Never trouble trouble till trouble troubles you. I'll not willingly offend, nor be easily offended.