A man never tells you anything until you contradict him.

Men always talk about the most important things to perfect strangers. In the perfect stranger we perceive man himself; the image of a God is not disguised by resemblances to an uncle or doubts of wisdom of a mustache.

I have learned from personal experience that putting trust in God means there will be some unanswered questions. That was a hard lesson for me because I naturally want to understand everything… to know what’s going on so I can feel like I’m in control.

When we talk about understanding, surely it takes place only when the mind listens completely – the mind being your heart, your nerves, your ears – when you give your whole attention to it.

My name can’t be that tough to pronounce!

I am a writer of books in retrospect. I talk in order to understand; I teach in order to learn.

I talk to myself all the time. Just make sure you answer.

Anyone who is practicing understanding and compassion can exemplify true power. Anyone can be a Buddha.

As long as you know men are like children, you know everything!

Many people listen to what I have to say and I appear a lot in media, so therefore I influence a lot of people and therefore I have a bigger responsibility because I have a bigger platform.

I’m terrified of losing my voice.

Naturally, there are times when every woman likes to be flattered… to feel she is the most important thing in someone’s world. Only a man can paint this picture.

A broken heart is a very pleasant complaint for a man in London if he has a comfortable income.

Men and women do think differently, and frankly, we don’t understand each other. Not at all! But that’s what makes relationships so amazing.

Songs for me are like a message in a bottle. You send them out to the world, and maybe the person who you feel that way about will hear about it someday.

I think everyone should approach relationships from the perspective of playing it straight and giving someone the benefit of the doubt. Until he establishes that this is a game. And if it’s a game, you need to win. The best thing to do is just walk away from the table.

He that hath knowledge spareth his words.

Kids are watching us. I experience it every single day. They hang on my every word, what I wear, what I say.

Persistence is to the character of man as carbon is to steel.

In human intercourse the tragedy begins, not when there is misunderstanding about words, but when silence is not understood.

I never desire to converse with a man who has written more than he has read.

Well I have a microphone and you don’t so you will listen to every damn word I have to say!

When people are connected, we can just do some great things. They have the opportunity to get access to jobs, education, health, communications. We have the opportunity to bring the people we care about closer to us. It really makes a big difference.

There is nothing more helpless and irresponsible than a man in the depths of an ether binge.

Part of what confuses people in times of upheaval is that you’re getting so many different points of view and directions and so and so, how to do this and do that. And a lot of it is written in a language that honestly most people cannot understand.

Humans cannot avoid trying to influence others. Everything we say or do is examined and interpreted by others for clues as to our intentions.

Peace cannot be kept by force; it can only be achieved by understanding.

I try to speak in a way that people can understand.

The more you are talked about the less powerful you are.

When our governments want to sell us a course of action, they do it by making sure it’s the only thing on the agenda, the only thing everyone’s talking about. And they pre-load the ensuing discussion with highly selected images, devious and prejudicial language, dubious linkages, weak or false ‚intelligence‘ and selected ‚leaks.‘

I don’t like typing messages on my phone. Some people get used to it.

To me, it’s OK to have differences. But we don’t have to be mad about it. You know? And I think that’s where sometimes we get so passionate that we – you know, it turns into anger.

I always keep my guard up with guys and I guess that can get in the way sometimes. I can make them go through hell.

If you’re a politician, you might want to learn the Buddhist way of negotiation. Restoring communication and bringing back reconciliation is clear and concrete in Buddhism.

I don’t like people going behind my back.

Some people will never learn anything, for this reason, because they understand everything too soon.

Mediocre theoretical physicists make no progress. They spend all their time understanding other people’s progress.

When you have nothing important or interesting to say, don’t let anyone persuade you to say it.

Our heritage and ideals, our code and standards – the things we live by and teach our children – are preserved or diminished by how freely we exchange ideas and feelings.

We should play free football, defend lively with a passion, and have the best understanding in offence.

I don’t think culture is something you can describe.

My wife doesn’t even want to spend 2 hours with me.

I think if you follow anyone home, whether they live in Houston or London, and you sit at their dinner table and talk to them about their mother who has cancer or their child who is struggling in school, and their fears about watching their lives go by, I think we’re all the same.

You must understand the whole of life, not just one little part of it. That is why you must read, that is why you must look at the skies, that is why you must sing and dance, and write poems and suffer and understand, for all that is life.

When your mother asks, ‚Do you want a piece of advice?‘ it is a mere formality. It doesn’t matter if you answer yes or no. You’re going to get it anyway.

As long as the reason of man continues fallible, and he is at liberty to exercise it, different opinions will be formed.

We can’t just choose to tell some facts and not others because we don’t want to upset people. We have to tell it like it is.

Speaking English is like tongue-twist for me. I can speak each word perfect, but then you have to string them together like, ‚Blah, blah, blah.‘ That’s when I get crazy.

We have to stop and be humble enough to understand that there is something called mystery.

People are very reluctant to talk about their private lives but then you go to the internet and they’re much more open.

I believe everyone should have a broad picture of how the universe operates and our place in it. It is a basic human desire. And it also puts our worries in perspective.

Every man supposes himself not to be fully understood or appreciated.

We shall see but a little way if we require to understand what we see.

Put it this way: If I asked, ‚How’s business?‘ and you say, ‚Boomin‘ or ‚Amazing,‘ I already know the answer.

Not to expose your true feelings to an adult seems to be instinctive from the age of seven or eight onwards.

Do not tell fish stories where the people know you; but particularly, don’t tell them where they know the fish.

Men who wish to know about the world must learn about it in its particular details.

It is true greatness to have in one the frailty of a man and the security of a god.

It’s funny because I’ve made a living off of words, but words get in the way of what you really want to say.

I don’t like to talk much with people who always agree with me. It is amusing to coquette with an echo for a little while, but one soon tires of it.

An inability to handle language is not the same thing as stupidity.