"To lead the people, walk behind them."

"The journey of a thousand leagues begins from beneath your feet."

"Born to be wild - live to outgrow it."

"He who controls others may be powerful, but he who has mastered himself is mightier still"

"Nothing in the world is more flexible and yielding than water. Yet when it attacks the firm and the strong, none can withstand it, because they have no way to change it. So the flexible overcome the adamant, the yielding overcome the forceful. Everyone knows this, but no one can do it."

"Truthful words are not beautiful; beautiful words are not truthful. Good words are not persuasive; persuasive words are not good."

"There he goes. One of God's own prototypes. A high-powered mutant of some kind never even considered for mass production. Too weird to live, and too rare to die."

"The possibility of physical and mental collapse is now very real. No sympathy for the Devil, keep that in mind. Buy the ticket, take the ride."

"An outlaw can be defined as somebody who lives outside the law, beyond the law and not necessarily against it."

"Who said anything about slicing you up? ... I just wanted to carve a little Z on your forehead-- nothing serious."

"Still humping the American Dream"

"Jesus! Did I SAY that? Or just think it? Was I talking? Did they hear me? I glanced over at my attorney, but he seemed oblivious..."

"I knew a Buddhist once, and I've hated myself ever since."

"It's a strange world. Some people get rich and others eat shit and die."

"A man can live on his wits and his balls for only so long."

"It was the Law of the Sea, they said. Civilization ends at the waterline. Beyond that, we all enter the food chain, and not always right at the top."

"If you realize that all things change, there is nothing you will try to hold on to. If you are not afraid of dying, there is nothing you cannot achieve."

"Mastering others is strength. Mastering yourself is true power."

"Nothing is softer or more flexible than water, yet nothing can resist it."

"Treat those who are good with goodness, and also treat those who are not good with goodness. Thus goodness is attained. Be honest to those who are honest, and be also honest to those who are not honest. Thus honesty is attained."

"When I let go of what I am, I become what I might be."

"The power of intuitive understanding will protect you from harm until the end of your days."

"Marriage is three parts love and seven parts forgiveness of sins."

"To realize that you do not understand is a virtue; Not to realize that you do not understand is a defect."

"Without stirring abroad, one can know the whole world; Without looking out of the window one can see the way of heaven. The further one goes the less one knows."

"The way to do is to be."

"If the Great Way perishes there will morality and duty. When cleverness and knowledge arise great lies will flourish. When relatives fall out with one another there will be filial duty and love. When states are in confusion there will be faithful servants."

"How could man rejoice in victory and delight in the slaughter of men?"

"Violence, even well intentioned, always rebounds upon oneself."

"Anticipate the difficult by managing the easy."

"From caring comes courage."

"He who conquers others is strong; He who conquers himself is mighty."

"He who does not trust enough, Will not be trusted."

"He who knows himself is enlightened."

"He who talks more is sooner exhausted."

"I do not concern myself with gods and spirits either good or evil nor do I serve any."

"All energy flows according to the whims of the great Magnet. What a fool I was to defy him."

"You can't hoard fun. It has no shelf life."

"Call on God, but row away from the rocks."

"I wanted to take off all my clothes and never wear them again."

"The person who doesn't scatter the morning dew will not comb grey hairs"

"Whatever he might have denied me was unimportant; it was the fact that he could deny me anything at all, even what I didn't want"

"There are always risks in challenging excessive police power, but the risks of not challenging it are more dangerous, even fatal."

"I am a road man for the lords of karma."

"A cap of good acid costs five dollars and for that you can hear the Universal Symphony with God singing solo and Holy Ghost on drums."

"Right' i said. 'but first, we need the car. and after that, the cocaine. and then the tape recorder, for special music, and some acapulco shirts."

"Those who have knowledge, don't predict. Those who predict, don't have knowledge."

"From wonder into wonder existence opens."

"A good traveler has no fixed plans, and is not intent on arriving."

"Fill your bowl to the brim and it will spill. Keep sharpening your knife and it will blunt."