Even if you’re happy with the life you’ve chosen, you’re still curious about the other options.

Some people carry their heart in their head and some carry their head in their heart. The trick is to keep them apart yet working together.

The deepest desire of the human spirit is to be acknowledged.

Take care to get what you like or you will be forced to like what you get.

The question of sexual dominance can exist only in the nightmare of that soul which has armed itself, totally, against the possibility of the changing motion of conquest and surrender, which is love.

Two roads diverged in a wood and I – I took the one less traveled by, and that has made all the difference.

In the long run, we shape our lives, and we shape ourselves. The process never ends until we die. And the choices we make are ultimately our own responsibility.

I am easily satisfied with the very best.

Use what language you will, you can never say anything but what you are.

My ultimate goal is to end up being happy. Most of the time.

Sponges grow in the ocean. That just kills me. I wonder how much deeper the ocean would be if that didn’t happen.

I think I’m pretty smart. I think I’m pretty clever. But there’s a lot that you hone in on when you finish your education.

If we could just find out who’s in charge, we could kill him.

On the whole, human beings want to be good, but not too good, and not quite all the time.

Having unlimited choices can paralyze you creatively.

What comes out when life squeezes you? When someone hurts or offends you? If anger, pain and fear come out of you, it’s because that’s what’s inside.

Talk to a man about himself and he will listen for hours.

People become attached to their burdens sometimes more than the burdens are attached to them.

Although prepared for martyrdom, I preferred that it be postponed.

To complain is always nonacceptance of what is. It invariably carries an unconscious negative charge. When you complain, you make yourself into a victim. When you speak out, you are in your power. So change the situation by taking action or by speaking out if necessary or possible; leave the situation or accept it. All else is madness.

The only real failure in life is not to be true to the best one knows.

There’s no difference between one’s killing and making decisions that will send others to kill. It’s exactly the same thing, or even worse.

You aren’t your work, your accomplishments, your possessions, your home, your family… your anything. You’re a creation of your Source, dressed in a physical human body intended to experience and enjoy life on Earth.

The opportunity for doing mischief is found a hundred times a day, and of doing good once in a year.

When I was researching my book ‚The 33 Strategies of War‘, I studied Napoleon extensively and I found myself wanting to ask Napoleon questions about things he did, and if was I interpreting his actions correctly.

What a waste it is to lose one’s mind. Or not to have a mind is being very wasteful. How true that is.

Whenever I climb I am followed by a dog called ‚Ego‘.

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

Boredom, anger, sadness, or fear are not ‚yours,‘ not personal. They are conditions of the human mind. They come and go. Nothing that comes and goes is you.

Beware of no man more than of yourself; we carry our worst enemies within us.

It doesn’t matter which side of the fence you get off on sometimes. What matters most is getting off. You cannot make progress without making decisions.

The biggest mistake we made as a company was betting too much on HTML5.

To be able to look back upon ones life in satisfaction, is to live twice.

Habit is a second nature that destroys the first. But what is nature? Why is habit not natural? I am very much afraid that nature itself is only a first habit, just as habit is a second nature.

Never marry someone in hope that they’ll change later.

As we advance in life we learn the limits of our abilities.

Some people spend their lives building ultimate dream homes so they can enjoy their twilight years… Others spend their last days in nursing homes.

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.

My public is growing up just as I am. After all, I’m not 19 anymore and if I stick with the sex bit, who will be paying to see me when I’m 50?

I’m concerned that my technical skills have advanced to the point where I can get closer to what I’m aiming for, which is not such a good thing.

Understanding science and pushing the boundaries of science is what makes me immensely satisfied.

If you abandon the present moment, you cannot live the moments of your daily life deeply.

I don’t mind telling a dark side.

It didn’t even occur to me that I’m the last person in the world who should play salsa or Brazilian music.

To know anything well involves a profound sensation of ignorance.

Old age may have its limitations and challenges, but in spite of them, our latter years can be some of the most rewarding and fulfilling of our lives.

Stupidity has a knack of getting its way.

If I feel anxious every time someone is staring at me, well, I can’t control what they stare at, but my reaction is, I’m just not going to go outside the house. I’m going to stay in and chill. And when I do go out, I understand what comes along with that.

I was not a messiah, but an ordinary man who had become a leader because of extraordinary circumstances.

Money does not change people, people change.

You are only afraid if you are not in harmony with yourself. People are afraid because they have never owned up to themselves.

Beautiful sentences pop into my head. Beautiful sentences that aren’t always absolutely accurate. Then, I have to choose between the beautiful sentence and being absolutely accurate. It can be a difficult choice.

The problem with car dealerships is you’ve already decided what you want to buy before you even go there, and you’re really just going there to talk through some annoying negotiation.

I don’t think I get that upset over things.

There is nothing so terrible as activity without insight.

I have noticed even people who claim everything is predestined, and that we can do nothing to change it, look before they cross the road.

I’m confident in who I am. I’ve come to a place in my life where I’ve accepted things that are me, as opposed to feeling pressure to explain myself to people around me. That’s just the way I’ve always tried to be. It didn’t change when I became a star.

Whenever you are angry, be assured that it is not only a present evil, but that you have increased a habit.

Let’s just be smart this time. I’m looking for smart.

Knowing others is wisdom, knowing yourself is Enlightenment.

Just because I managed to do a little something, I don’t want anyone back home to think I got the big head.