When you have got an elephant by the hind legs and he is trying to run away, it’s best to let him run.

You must be afraid, my son. That is how one becomes an honest citizen.

He that sows thorns should never go barefoot.

Wall Street is the only place that people ride to in a Rolls Royce to get advice from those who take the subway.

Your timeless self does not age and has no fear of the future. Contemplate your physical self and all its possessions, and practice laughing peacefully at it all.

General consultant to mankind.

Whatever is making you so angry, it’s time for you to give it to God and get over it.

I never hold a grudge.

All of my friends who have younger siblings who are going to college or high school – my number one piece of advice is: You should learn how to program.

Forget the past.

It may be the part of a friend to rebuke a friend’s folly.

The truth is that you can only come to know God when you give up the past and the future in your mind and merge totally into the now, because God is always here now.

If you want to make someone feel emotion, you have to make them let go. Listening to something is an act of surrender.

Next time I see you, remind me not to talk to you.

I haven’t been faithful to my own advice in the past. I will in the future.

There are many things that happen every day that we could murmur about if we let ourselves go there. But they really aren’t worth the effort it takes to get upset and gripe about it.

Some animals are cunning and evil-disposed, as the fox; others, as the dog, are fierce, friendly, and fawning. Some are gentle and easily tamed, as the elephant; some are susceptible of shame, and watchful, as the goose. Some are jealous and fond of ornament, as the peacock.

The truth is something that burns. It burns off dead wood. And people don’t like having the dead wood burnt off, often because they’re 95 percent dead wood.

The first step, my son, which one makes in the world, is the one on which depends the rest of our days.

Usually, people have a tendency to be caught in the worries concerning the future or in the regret concerning the past. There is some kind of energy that is pushing them to run, and they are not able to establish themselves in the present moment.

Every time I plant a seed, He say kill it before it grow, he say kill it before they grow.

Be sincere; be brief; be seated.

An author ought to write for the youth of his own generation, the critics of the next, and the schoolmaster of ever afterwards.

Let go of offence. Let go of fear. Let go of revenge. Don’t live angry, let go now!

The Tao teaches us to let go of things. Use the 80/20 rule. If you take all your clothes, you’ll find out that you only wear 20 percent of them. Take what you have and don’t use and circulate it. Give stuff to people who truly need it. After all, we come into this world with nothing; we leave this world with nothing.

I don’t live in the past at all; I’m always wanting to do something new. I make a point of constantly trying to forget and get things out of my mind.

Without forgiveness, there’s no future.

You can live your life angry, bitter, mad at somebody or even guilty, not letting go of your own mistakes, but you won’t receive the good things God has in store.

And the attitude of faith is the very opposite of clinging to belief, of holding on.

Politics is such a torment that I advise everyone I love not to mix with it.

Wise men don’t need advice. Fools won’t take it.

The spirit becomes free only when it ceases to be a support.

I never give advice unless someone asks me for it. One thing I’ve learned, and possibly the only advice I have to give, is to not be that person giving out unsolicited advice based on your own personal experience.

Most people who ask for advice from others have already resolved to act as it pleases them.

Common sense is not so common.

Consult your friend on all things, especially on those which respect yourself. His counsel may then be useful where your own self-love might impair your judgment.

If you are ever in doubt as to whether to kiss a pretty girl, always give her the benefit of the doubt.

The only way you can beat the lawyers is to die with nothing.

The secret to a long marriage is to stay gone.

Some people have a hard time getting rid of stuff. If that’s you, pray for God to give you the courage to get rid of things you don’t really need or things He wants you to give away. This will help keep your surroundings organized and clutter-free.

Judges ought to be more leaned than witty, more reverent than plausible, and more advised than confident. Above all things, integrity is their portion and proper virtue.

He that gives good advice, builds with one hand; he that gives good counsel and example, builds with both; but he that gives good admonition and bad example, builds with one hand and pulls down with the other.

Sometimes the poor are praised for being thrifty. But to recommend thrift to the poor is both grotesque and insulting. It is like advising a man who is starving to eat less.

If you young fellows were wise, the devil couldn’t do anything to you, but since you aren’t wise, you need us who are old.

I’m very type-A, and many things in my life are about control and domination, but eating should be a submissive experience, where you let down your guard and enjoy the ride.

Me and my dad are friends. We’re cool. I’ll never be disappointed again, because I don’t expect anything anymore from him. I just let him exist, and that’s how we get along.

Some people can just let things go, but I can’t, especially if there’s something that worries me or makes me sad.

He who is overly attached to his family members experiences fear and sorrow, for the root of all grief is attachment. Thus one should discard attachment to be happy.

It’s hard to be clear about who you are when you are carrying around a bunch of baggage from the past. I’ve learned to let go and move more quickly into the next place.

No one can give you better advice than yourself.

Why should we take advice on sex from the pope? If he knows anything about it, he shouldn’t!

He that hath knowledge spareth his words.

When befriended, remember it; when you befriend, forget it.

The best way to give advice to your children is to find out what they want and then advise them to do it.

I will say this: one of the things that is a pain when you’re expecting children is how much advice unsolicited people give you when you’re not asking for it.

Keep your eyes wide open before marriage, half shut afterwards.

Don’t try to be like Jackie. There is only one Jackie. Study computers instead.

My gold, my money couldn’t stop cancer from appearing on my body. If they can’t save me, then I don’t need them.

I have an expression I use as I’ve gone around the world through my career: ‚You never tell another man or woman what’s in their interest. They know their interest better than you know their interest.‘

In words, as fashions, the same rule will hold; Alike fantastic, if too new, or old: Be not the first by whom the new are tried, Nor yet the last to lay the old aside.

I was willing to accept what I couldn’t change.