A great man is always willing to be little.

Accountability breeds response-ability.

I want to do a certain thing in the world, and I am going to do it with unwavering concentration. I am concerning myself with only one essential thing: to set man free. I desire to free him from all cages, from all fears, and not to found religions, new sects, nor to establish new theories and new philosophies.

Competition is a sin.

Don’t only practice your art, but force your way into its secrets; art deserves that, for it and knowledge can raise man to the Divine.

The first test of a truly great man is his humility. By humility I don’t mean doubt of his powers or hesitation in speaking his opinion, but merely an understanding of the relationship of what he can say and what he can do.

If you’re doing your best, you won’t have any time to worry about failure.

Before all else, be armed.

No poet or orator has ever existed who believed there was any better than himself.

I’ve always believed that you can think positive just as well as you can think negative.

I’m my own worst critic, and if I don’t pull off what I think I wanted to do in my head, then I won’t be a happy girl.

You have to do your own growing no matter how tall your grandfather was.

Just try new things. Don’t be afraid. Step out of your comfort zones and soar, all right?

Adopt responsibility for your own well-being, try to put your family together, try to serve your community, try to seek for eternal truth… That’s the sort of thing that can ground you in your life, enough so that you can withstand the difficulty of life.

You are the sum total of everything you’ve ever seen, heard, eaten, smelled, been told, forgot – it’s all there. Everything influences each of us, and because of that I try to make sure that my experiences are positive.

You may think it was a very little thing, and in these days it seems to me like a trifle, but it was a most important incident in my life. I could scarcely credit that I, the poor boy, had earned a dollar in less than a day; that by honest work, I had earned a dollar. I was a more hopeful and thoughtful boy from that time.

Power over others is weakness disguised as strength.

I’ve learned that men and women who are living wholehearted lives really allow themselves to soften into joy and happiness. They allow themselves to experience it.

If you don’t like what you’re doing, then don’t do it.

Check your ego at the door. The ego can be the great success inhibitor. It can kill opportunities, and it can kill success.

I know that when I pray, something wonderful happens. Not just to the person or persons for whom I’m praying, but also something wonderful happens to me. I’m grateful that I’m heard.

Being too good is apt to be uninteresting.

All my big mistakes are when I try to second-guess or please an audience. My work is always stronger when I get very selfish about it.

I was never particularly fond of my voice.

My problem is I am Christian, so I think other people must have success, too; it’s not about me.

To not to have entirely wasted one’s life seems to be a worthy accomplishment, if only for myself.

I don’t make people bend over backwards, and I don’t like that in people. I am definitely no diva.

It is easier to find men who will volunteer to die, than to find those who are willing to endure pain with patience.

Jealousy is both reasonable and belongs to reasonable men, while envy is base and belongs to the base, for the one makes himself get good things by jealousy, while the other does not allow his neighbour to have them through envy.

The faults of a superior person are like the sun and moon. They have their faults, and everyone sees them; they change and everyone looks up to them.

Seek ye first the good things of the mind, and the rest will either be supplied or its loss will not be felt.

You need to overcome the tug of people against you as you reach for high goals.

The best way to sell yourself to others is first to sell the others to yourself.

I think it’s my responsibility, as a person of influence… to sometimes try to do what I can.

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

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

Whatever that means, however you got on that mountain, why not try to climb it? And do it in your own way.

Life is not accumulation, it is about contribution.

I seldom think about my limitations, and they never make me sad. Perhaps there is just a touch of yearning at times; but it is vague, like a breeze among flowers.

A life spent making mistakes is not only more honorable, but more useful than a life spent doing nothing.

To be a monk is to have time to practice for your transformation and healing. And after that to help with the transformation and healing of other people.

Not what I have, but what I do is my kingdom.

In prayer, we stand where angels bow with veiled faces. There, even there, the cherubim and seraphim adore before that selfsame throne to which our prayers ascend. And shall we come there with stunted requests and narrow, contracted faith?

Nothing has such power to broaden the mind as the ability to investigate systematically and truly all that comes under thy observation in life.

People suffer because they are caught in their views. As soon as we release those views, we are free and we don’t suffer anymore.

You don’t want to pigeonhole yourself.

I will not be concerned at other men’s not knowing me; I will be concerned at my own want of ability.

Reading is to the mind what exercise is to the body.

Never find fault with the absent.

The way for a young man to rise is to improve himself in every way he can, never suspecting that anybody wishes to hinder him.

I was always taught not to answer no questions. I’m not really good at answering them because I get agitated so fast.

The greatest mistake you can make in life is continually fearing that you’ll make one.

Noble deeds that are concealed are most esteemed.

I am not very good with relationships. With anyone. I can’t be locked up with anyone for too long.

I want it said of me by those who knew me best, that I always plucked a thistle and planted a flower where I thought a flower would grow.

Not to go back is somewhat to advance, and men must walk, at least, before they dance.

I criticize by creation – not by finding fault.

You have to be able to accept failure to get better.

I break ground. I trailblaze.

Nearly all the things I do that are of any merit at all start off just being good fun, and I think I’m sort of building up to doing something else quite soon.

Respond intelligently even to unintelligent treatment.