“Love doesn't just sit there, like a stone, it has to be made, like bread; remade all the time, made new.”

“I had forgotten how much light there is in the world, till you gave it back to me.”

“I don't write tracts, I write novels. I'm not a preacher, I'm a fiction writer.”

“Simplicity, patience, compassion. These three are your greatest treasures. Simple in actions and thoughts, you return to the source of being. Patient with both friends and enemies, you accor...”

“Knowing others is intelligence; knowing yourself is true wisdom. Mastering others is strength; mastering yourself is true power.”

“Love is a decision - not an emotion!”

“A man with outward courage dares to die; a man with inner courage dares to live.”

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

“He who is in harmony with the Tao is like a newborn child. Its bones are soft, its muscles are weak, but its grip is powerful. It doesn't know about the union of male and female, yet its pen...”