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

Love always ends differently and it always begins differently – especially with me.

I don’t really get nervous that much, or if I do, only I know. It’s all inside me. I am good at hiding everything.

The world breaks everyone, and afterward, some are strong at the broken places.

I always had a repulsive need to be something more than human.

As long as you blame someone or something else – something outside you that’s bigger than you are – as the source of your problems, the problems won’t get solved.

I was bullied as a boy – lots of kids are, but hopefully most of us get on with our lives and grow up.

Men do less than they ought, unless they do all that they can.

The higher we are placed, the more humbly we should walk.

Make the best use of what is in your power, and take the rest as it happens.

I don’t want to be too critical of what other people do, but when people go back to do the same thing that they did, I’m completely confused. I’m like, ‚Didn’t you make that movie already?‘ I’ve been very fortunate, and I’m well taken care of, so the least I can do is try to go forward.

Silence speaks so much louder than screaming tantrums. Never give anyone an excuse to say that you’re crazy.

I never come back home with the same moral character I went out with; something or other becomes unsettled where I had achieved internal peace; some one or other of the things I had put to flight reappears on the scene.

He who gives away shall have real gain. He who subdues himself shall be free; he shall cease to be a slave of passions. The righteous man casts off evil, and by rooting out lust, bitterness, and illusion do we reach Nirvana.

Character develops itself in the stream of life.

I just get annoyed at myself. A lot of swearing goes on generally when I am driving.

Great men are they who see that spiritual is stronger than any material force – that thoughts rule the world.

The greatest gift that you can give to others is the gift of unconditional love and acceptance.

I never resist temptation, because I have found that things that are bad for me do not tempt me.

There is a luxury in self-reproach. When we blame ourselves we feel no one else has a right to blame us.

My father wasn’t perfect. He had a temper. I took some of that. He would snap, but the older he got, he started calming down. He learned about life, but the thing that he taught my whole family was that family was the most important thing and, no matter what, if a family member needs you, you go and help them out; you get there.

You have freedom when you’re easy in your harness.

I don’t want to be alone, I want to be left alone.

I was set free because my greatest fear had been realized, and I still had a daughter who I adored, and I had an old typewriter and a big idea. And so rock bottom became a solid foundation on which I rebuilt my life.

Any man can call time out, but no man can say how long the time out will be.

I know that I’m not the easiest person to live with. The challenge I put on myself is so great that the person I live with feels himself challenged. I bring a lot to bear, and I don’t know how not to.

When granted many years of life, growing old in age is natural, but growing old with grace is a choice. Growing older with grace is possible for all who will set their hearts and minds on the Giver of grace, the Lord Jesus Christ.

I put my flaws on front street. So the world accepted my flaws, so I don’t have any flaws.

A shady business never yields a sunny life.

I hated to be treated as a child. I thought it was the worst situation.

People need motivation to do anything. I don’t think human beings learn anything without desperation.

I will be conquered; I will not capitulate.

I can resist everything except temptation.

I’m not afraid to look like an idiot.

No man ever prayed heartily without learning something.

I am more afraid of my own heart than of the pope and all his cardinals. I have within me the great pope, Self.

I am, as a character, at times, a little overbearing. I recognize that.

I’ve had a few semi-toxic relationships, but it’s not what I look for when I’m seeing someone.

You’ve got to invest in the world, you’ve got to read, you’ve got to go to art galleries, you’ve got to find out the names of plants. You’ve got to start to love the world and know about the whole genius of the human race. We’re amazing people.

I am not the humblest person in the world. I admit that.

Test yourself on mankind. It is something that makes the doubter doubt, the believer believe.

Inside every cynical person, there is a disappointed idealist.

When I was making the early stuff, I never expected it to be so big. I was in my own kind of bubble. I never wanted to tour; I just wanted to create music and make a diary I could put out into the world. And sometimes, I became the characters.

Nothing is more intolerable than to have to admit to yourself your own errors.

There is no way to happiness – happiness is the way.

When I was a youngster I lived with different families. I nearly always felt closer to the man of the house. Maybe because I always dreamed of having a father of my own.

I still learn, but I think it’s the best thing in life to have a kid.

The only real progress lies in learning to be wrong all alone.

With realization of one’s own potential and self-confidence in one’s ability, one can build a better world.

A great part of courage is the courage of having done the thing before.

The idea of recognising your strengths and using them in as versatile a way as you can is cool to me.

Before we acquire great power we must acquire wisdom to use it well.

No matter how full a reservoir of maxims one may possess, and no matter how good one’s sentiments may be, if one has not taken advantage of every concrete opportunity to act, one’s character may remain entirely unaffected for the better.

Out of suffering have emerged the strongest souls; the most massive characters are seared with scars.

Mastering others is strength. Mastering yourself is true power.

I learned a long time ago how to be coachable.

Most ignorance is vincible ignorance. We don’t know because we don’t want to know.

What’s wrong with being a boring kind of guy?

Life is not accumulation, it is about contribution.

Now I am older, I understand we have to accept who we are.

An individual step in character training is to put responsibility on the individual.