And we are never too old to study the Bible. Each time the lessons are studied comes some new meaning, some new thought which will make us better.

Only by joy and sorrow does a person know anything about themselves and their destiny. They learn what to do and what to avoid.

Well, in order for me to be successful… In order to be a great artist – musician, actor, painter, whatever – you must be able to be private in public at all times.

I can’t keep somebody from being a star, and I can’t make somebody a star, and nobody can.

The experience of life consists of the experience which the spirit has of itself in matter and as matter, in mind and as mind, in emotion, as emotion, etc.

When I inspire myself, I want to spread the word because its important to be healthy. I don’t think they’re teaching us enough about that. I think we should eat better and exercise. Look who’s saying that – a guy who was 300 pounds – but I’m doing a lot better than I used to. I’m letting people know its important because it makes you feel better.

It is in self-limitation that a master first shows himself.

Our mind is capable of passing beyond the dividing line we have drawn for it. Beyond the pairs of opposites of which the world consists, other, new insights begin.

Some people awaken spiritually without ever coming into contact with any meditation technique or any spiritual teaching. They may awaken simply because they can’t stand the suffering anymore.

The reward of suffering is experience.

I am a walking piece of art every day, with my dreams and my ambitions forward at all times in an effort to inspire my fans to lead their life in that way.

People should pursue what they’re passionate about. That will make them happier than pretty much anything else.

I want to be a man who is truthful and who won’t let pride get in the way of my ripping myself open to my partner and saying, ‚Here I am. This is me.‘ I feel there’s something powerful when a man reaches a point in his life when he can be completely vulnerable.

One of the lessons that I grew up with was to always stay true to yourself and never let what somebody else says distract you from your goals. And so when I hear about negative and false attacks, I really don’t invest any energy in them, because I know who I am.

An identity would seem to be arrived at by the way in which the person faces and uses his experience.

What you have outside you counts less than what you have inside you.

You have to develop ways so that you can take up for yourself, and then you take up for someone else. And so sooner or later, you have enough courage to really stand up for the human race and say, ‚I’m a representative.‘

The God of this world is riches, pleasure and pride.

A man cannot be comfortable without his own approval.

Lord sanctify us. Oh! That Thy spirit might come and saturate every faculty, subdue every passion, and use every power of our nature for obedience to God.

A man who is eating or lying with his wife or preparing to go to sleep in humility, thankfulness and temperance, is, by Christian standards, in an infinitely higher state than one who is listening to Bach or reading Plato in a state of pride.

There’s only one effectively redemptive sacrifice, the sacrifice of self-will to make room for the knowledge of God.

He who speaks without modesty will find it difficult to make his words good.

There are two things a person should never be angry at, what they can help, and what they cannot.

Take a course in good water and air; and in the eternal youth of Nature you may renew your own. Go quietly, alone; no harm will befall you.

A lot of dreams can turn to nightmares… if you don’t really work them.

A man’s own manner and character is what most becomes him.

God always wants us to be growing.

I just feel so much more comfortable and confident every game I play.

We must develop and maintain the capacity to forgive. He who is devoid of the power to forgive is devoid of the power to love. There is some good in the worst of us and some evil in the best of us. When we discover this, we are less prone to hate our enemies.

Life well spent is long.

I was in my thirteenth year when I heard a voice from God to help me govern my conduct. And the first time I was very much afraid.

I’m sure I’ve changed my mind about something. Inevitably, when we grow up – as we get more experience and wiser. Well, I’ve changed my mind about some food that I didn’t like when I was young.

I believe in believing. My coach John Kavanagh is a big atheist, and he is always trying to persuade people to his way of thinking, and I think, ‚What a waste of energy.‘ If people want to believe in this god or that god, that’s fine by me; believe away. But I think we can be our own gods. I believe in myself.

I already am a product.

Whenever you do a thing, act as if all the world were watching.

Development of outlook naturally begins with a respect for God… Reverence to God and reverence for one’s neighbor and reverence for oneself as a servant of God.

Nonviolence means avoiding not only external physical violence but also internal violence of spirit. You not only refuse to shoot a man, but you refuse to hate him.

Don’t grow accustomed to living with less, doing less, and being less to the point that you eventually sit back and accept it.

Judge a man by his questions rather than his answers.

Some people can just let things go, but I can’t, especially if there’s something that worries me or makes me sad.

Character is determined more by the lack of certain experiences than by those one has had.

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

When you focus on how wonderful God is and all the great things He’s done… is doing… and even will do in your life, your natural response will be praise, adoration and awe. Don’t let yourself ever get used to it… stay amazed!

I want to believe that I am improving. This is something that I take really seriously.

Commit yourself to a mighty purpose.

I let people fill in the blanks on their own. If they want to think about their ex, that’s fine. If they want to think about maybe who one of my exes is, then that’s fine. And it might not be right, because I’m the only one who knows what these songs are really about. It’s the one shred of privacy I have in the matter.

I’m afraid to fail again.

Some of us think holding on makes us strong; but sometimes it is letting go.

All our actions, as well as our thoughts and words, should praise Him who always blesses us.

Plenty of people wish to become devout, but no one wishes to be humble.

The only tyrant I accept in this world is the still voice within.

Timidity makes a person modest. It makes him or her say, ‚I’m not worthy of being written up in the record of deeds in heaven or on earth.‘ Timidity keeps people from their good. They are afraid to say, ‚Yes, I deserve it.‘

Open your eyes, look within. Are you satisfied with the life you’re living?

Getting out of bed is like the foundation of the discipline, and I think it carries over into everything else.

I have treated many hundreds of patients. Among those in the second half of life – that is to say, over 35 – there has not been one whose problem in the last resort was not that of finding a religious outlook on life.

I don’t have any secrets I need kept any more.

I claim to be a simple individual liable to err like any other fellow mortal. I own, however, that I have humility enough in me to confess my errors and to retrace my steps.

The best thing I did was to choose the right heroes.

I am always ready to learn although I do not always like being taught.

I approach love differently now that I know it’s hard for it to work out.