Be content with what you are, and wish not change; nor dread your last day, nor long for it.

I’m not somebody that thinks about destiny and fate, but I don’t walk away from it when something unfolds.

Whatever I am, it’s natural… I don’t have to pretend to be aggressive, don’t have to show the opposition that I am on the field. Being aggressive comes naturally to me, helps me perform.

I thank you God for this most amazing day, for the leaping greenly spirits of trees, and for the blue dream of sky and for everything which is natural, which is infinite, which is yes.

It is a very mixed blessing to be brought back from the dead.

I want to thank you for taking time out of your day to come and witness my hanging.

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

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.‘

One ought to hold on to one’s heart; for if one lets it go, one soon loses control of the head too.

Most human beings have an almost infinite capacity for taking things for granted.

The reason I talk to myself is that I’m the only one whose answers I accept.

When a man knows he is to be hanged in a fortnight, it concentrates his mind wonderfully.

Little by little, not by making big promises, I need to be calmer, read more, spend more time with my loved ones, and be more mindful about nature and environment.

The quote-unquote ‚description‘ of a leading man was once your tall, handsome man with the build of whatever, almost a trophy to some degree. I think now it’s about making a leading man what you want a leading man to be. In this day, you can’t deny talent. You look at Jonah Hill, you look at Zach Galifianakis, you look at myself.

When anger rises, think of the consequences.

Why do I talk about the benefits of failure? Simply because failure meant a stripping away of the inessential. I stopped pretending to myself that I was anything other than what I was, and began to direct all my energy into finishing the only work that mattered to me.

We do not judge the people we love.

The foot feels the foot when it feels the ground.

Many people think of perfectionism as striving to be your best, but it is not about self-improvement; it’s about earning approval and acceptance.

I refuse to allow any man-made differences to separate me from any other human beings.

Think big thoughts but relish small pleasures.

People make jokes about my bosoms, why don’t they look underneath the breasts at the heart? It’s obvious I’ve got big ones and if people want to assume they’re not mine, then let them.

I want to grow old without facelifts. I want to have the courage to be loyal to the face I have made.

We must learn to reawaken and keep ourselves awake, not by mechanical aid, but by an infinite expectation of the dawn.

If we cannot now end our differences, at least we can help make the world safe for diversity.

To know yourself as the Being underneath the thinker, the stillness underneath the mental noise, the love and joy underneath the pain, is freedom, salvation, enlightenment.

We love things we love what they are.

To appreciate the noble is a gain which can never be torn from us.

If you have a garden and a library, you have everything you need.

You can’t have everything. Where would you put it?

Friends accept you the way you are.

I don’t know how to function without music. When I’m not making it, I’m listening to it. It gives me courage and takes care of my mind.

There are two ways to live: you can live as if nothing is a miracle; you can live as if everything is a miracle.

Do not overrate what you have received, nor envy others. He who envies others does not obtain peace of mind.

I’ve been in beautiful landscapes where one is tempted to whip out a camera and take a picture. I’ve learned to resist that.

As you know, I’m an immigrant. I came over here as an immigrant, and what gave me the opportunities, what made me to be here today, is the open arms of Americans. I have been received. I have been adopted by America.

To be awake is to be alive.

I believe if you keep your faith, you keep your trust, you keep the right attitude, if you’re grateful, you’ll see God open up new doors.

Beethoven can write music, thank God, but he can do nothing else on earth.

There’s nothing I have to hide or defend. I’m gonna live my life. And there are times when people wanna try to attack me, and I don’t know why, but they will. And that’s okay.

Many people resented my impatience and honesty, but I never cared about acceptance as much as I cared about respect.

If we have no peace, it is because we have forgotten that we belong to each other.

I try to teach through my opinions, through my speeches, how wrong it is to judge people on the basis of what they look like, color of their skin, whether they’re men or women.

The more man meditates upon good thoughts, the better will be his world and the world at large.

Every once in a while, you let a word or phrase out and you want to catch it and bring it back. You can’t do that. It’s gone, gone forever.

When you practice gratefulness, there is a sense of respect toward others.

Everybody’s journey is individual. If you fall in love with a boy, you fall in love with a boy. The fact that many Americans consider it a disease says more about them than it does about homosexuality.

A man is rich in proportion to the number of things he can afford to let alone.

Don’t wait for the last judgment – it takes place every day.

I’m actually starting to like more and more people who have convictions that are unpopular.

We all have our imperfections. But I’m human, and you know, it’s important to concentrate on other qualities besides outer beauty.

It is through gratitude for the present moment that the spiritual dimension of life opens up.

I like to let things breathe.

Whatever is begun in anger ends in shame.

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

Always first draw fresh breath after outbursts of vanity and complacency.

Friendship with ones self is all important, because without it one cannot be friends with anyone else in the world.

Our love, our gratitude, our admiration for our men and women in uniform, our veterans and their families – all of that is bigger than any one party or any one election.

I gave in, and admitted that God was God.

It is important to remember yourself.

It’s simple, if it jiggles, it’s fat.