A broad margin of leisure is as beautiful in a man’s life as in a book. Haste makes waste, no less in life than in housekeeping. Keep the time, observe the hours of the universe, not of the cars.

I don’t have time to be lonely. And I get fearful of relationships because I feel guilty about wanting someone to be completely faithful and loyal, when I can’t even give them 10 percent of the attention that they need. It’s just the reality of my time, my life, my schedule.

Right discipline consists, not in external compulsion, but in the habits of mind which lead spontaneously to desirable rather than undesirable activities.

People won’t have time for you if you are always angry or complaining.

Not when truth is dirty, but when it is shallow, does the enlightened man dislike to wade into its waters.

Forgiveness is not a feeling – it’s a decision we make because we want to do what’s right before God. It’s a quality decision that won’t be easy and it may take time to get through the process, depending on the severity of the offense.

God gave us the gift of life; it is up to us to give ourselves the gift of living well.

I never – you know also one of the things that would save me for a man my age, it was not that easy to lose that much weight and fall down and look like something draped.

Things do not change; we change.

Mistakes are, after all, the foundations of truth, and if a man does not know what a thing is, it is at least an increase in knowledge if he knows what it is not.

Better a witty fool than a foolish wit.

Your success and happiness lies in you. Resolve to keep happy, and your joy and you shall form an invincible host against difficulties.

There’s a deceptive sin that can keep us from walking in love: pride. It’s deceptive because when you have pride, you’re usually too proud to admit it. I know this because I used to have teachings on pride and they didn’t sell well.

Thoughts are mental energy; they’re the currency that you have to attract what you desire. Learn to stop spending that currency on thoughts you don’t want.

And, honestly, if somebody wants to criticize me for not being a trainwreck, that’s fine with me!

Being too good is apt to be uninteresting.

Our whole life is set up in the path of least resistance. We don’t want to suffer. We don’t want to feel discomfort. So the whole time, we’re living our lives in a very comfortable area. There’s no growth in that.

Forward, as occasion offers. Never look round to see whether any shall note it… Be satisfied with success in even the smallest matter, and think that even such a result is no trifle.

He ate and drank the precious Words, his Spirit grew robust; He knew no more that he was poor, nor that his frame was Dust.

An intellectual is a man who takes more words than necessary to tell more than he knows.

The most happy man is he who knows how to bring into relation the end and beginning of his life.

I hate what I look like on TV, and I want to look better, and nothing makes the mothers more jealous.

We are shaped by our thoughts; we become what we think. When the mind is pure, joy follows like a shadow that never leaves.

The trouble with always trying to preserve the health of the body is that it is so difficult to do without destroying the health of the mind.

Sometimes, I want to talk on a song and be angry, because I am angry. Then there’s always a part of me that remembers that this record lives past my being angry, and so do I really want to be angry about that? Is that feeling going to have longevity?

There is only one sort of discipline, perfect discipline.

I never say I am a guru.

Moderation is a virtue only in those who are thought to have an alternative.

Wisdom ceases to be wisdom when it becomes too proud to weep, too grave to laugh, and too selfish to seek other than itself.

I could not do what I do, and teach a class, and never miss a deadline, never be late for anything if I was a lush, OK? I would really love to read a piece that said, ‚He is not a lush.‘ That would be fabulous, it would be a first, I could show it to people and say, ‚Look!‘

Nothing is so fatiguing as the eternal hanging on of an uncompleted task.

Be sure you put your feet in the right place, then stand firm.

I never dared to be radical when young for fear it would make me conservative when old.

This is Sunday, and the question arises, what’ll I start tomorrow?

The wise man does not lay up his own treasures. The more he gives to others, the more he has for his own.

The problem in defense is how far you can go without destroying from within what you are trying to defend from without.

There are no second acts in American lives.

I think one’s feelings waste themselves in words; they ought all to be distilled into actions which bring results.

I’m not this horrible, evil person.

I never drink coffee at lunch. I find it keeps me awake for the afternoon.

Get busy living, or get busy dying.

None of us will ever accomplish anything excellent or commanding except when he listens to this whisper which is heard by him alone.

Do your duty and a little more and the future will take care of itself.

The great epochs of our life are the occasions when we gain the courage to rebaptize our evil qualities as our best qualities.

We’ve fallen into a trap of ever-widening orbits of contact, and there is a total disregard for the present moment.

The wise man should restrain his senses like the crane and accomplish his purpose with due knowledge of his place, time and ability.

The noblest search is the search for excellence.

It is after all the greatest art to limit and isolate oneself.

Imperfection clings to a person, and if they wait till they are brushed off entirely, they would spin for ever on their axis, advancing nowhere.

When you are right you cannot be too radical; when you are wrong, you cannot be too conservative.

I was always told as a child by my mother that you always have to be impeccable, even when you go to bed.

Building a mission and building a business go hand in hand. The primary thing that excites me is the mission. But we have always had a healthy understanding that we need to do both.

The only thing that interferes with my learning is my education.

Life is not long, and too much of it must not pass in idle deliberation how it shall be spent.

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

There’s a fine line between fishing and just standing on the shore like an idiot.

You simply have to accept that your demons are a part of you.

Nothing in the affairs of men is worthy of great anxiety.

Wisdom oft times consists of knowing what to do next.

Your big opportunity may be right where you are now.

I know my country has not perfected itself. At times, we’ve struggled to keep the promise of liberty and equality for all of our people. We’ve made our share of mistakes, and there are times when our actions around the world have not lived up to our best intentions.