Eventually you get to this point where you understand what you want to do and get across and sound like.

Be as polite to the custodian as you are to the chairman of the board.

Love takes off masks that we fear we cannot live without and know we cannot live within.

I’m here to spread a message of hope. Follow your heart. Don’t follow what you’ve been told you’re supposed to do.

Create a ladder of values and priorities in your life, reminding yourself of what really matters to you.

You have a nice personality, but not for a human being.

Leaders who fail to prune their pride will meet demise. That’s not a guess, it’s a guarantee. With pride, it’s not a matter of ‚if‘ we will fall, but ‚when.‘ There are no exceptions.

Love is a state of Being. Your love is not outside; it is deep within you. You can never lose it, and it cannot leave you. It is not dependent on some other body, some external form.

I know I do not exaggerate, unconsciously and unintentionally, the scantiness of my resources and the difficulty of my life… I know that, but for the mercy of God, I might easily have been, for any care that was taken of me, a little robber or a vagabond.

I try to lead by example, being conscious of others and being responsible.

Employ your time in improving yourself by other men’s writings, so that you shall gain easily what others have labored hard for.

A man does not know what he is saying until he knows what he is not saying.

I thank God I’m in a position where I can pick and choose – there are some roles I don’t play.

What we think determines what happens to us, so if we want to change our lives, we need to stretch our minds.

I learned that very often the most intolerant and narrow-minded people are the ones who congratulate themselves on their tolerance and open-mindedness.

I was set free because my greatest fear had been realized, and I still had a daughter who I adored, and I had an old typewriter and a big idea. And so rock bottom became a solid foundation on which I rebuilt my life.

In the child, consciousness rises out of the depths of unconscious psychic life, at first like separate islands, which gradually unite to form a ‚continent,‘ a continuous landmass of consciousness. Progressive mental development means, in effect, extension of consciousness.

I am a sinner. This is the most accurate definition. It is not a figure of speech, a literary genre. I am a sinner.

There’s a difference in thinking you are a champion and knowing that you are.

Things that I felt absolutely sure of but a few years ago, I do not believe now. This thought makes me see more clearly how foolish it would be to expect all men to agree with me.

The first and greatest victory is to conquer yourself; to be conquered by yourself is of all things most shameful and vile.

I know nothing except the fact of my ignorance.

No man is hurt but by himself.

I felt I had to solve everyone’s problems.

The trouble with her is that she lacks the power of conversation but not the power of speech.

My whole thing now is I know how to think properly to be successful in all aspects of my life. It’s not about ultra running or being a SEAL or pull-up records: it’s about if you want to be better you, have to change your perceived limitations and take the barriers down.

If we are not ashamed to think it, we should not be ashamed to say it.

I never said I was the best in anything. I never said I’m an icon. The world decides all of that.

Nay, be a Columbus to whole new continents and worlds within you, opening new channels, not of trade, but of thought.

When you smoke the herb, it reveals you to yourself.

The fact is, I was never too bright in school. I ain’t ashamed of it, though. I mean, how much do school principals make a month?

Holding on to anger is like grasping a hot coal with the intent of throwing it at someone else; you are the one who gets burned.

I wanted to be a doctor that I might be able to work without having to talk because for years I had been giving myself out in words.

All cruelty springs from weakness.

Do whatever you will, but first be such as are able to will.

Silence is a source of great strength.

The more in harmony with yourself you are, the more joyful you are and the more faithful you are. Faith is not to disconnect you from reality – it connects you to reality.

My thought is me: that is why I cannot stop thinking. I exist because I think I cannot keep from thinking.

You make yourself broad. You make yourself appealing. ‚Hey, y’all, I’m cool with everybody.‘ That’s my message.

Genius is a potential that lives within you and every other human being. You have many moments of genius in your lifetime. These are the times when you have a uniquely brilliant idea and implement it even if only you are aware of how fantastic it is.

Writers write to influence their readers, their preachers, their auditors, but always, at bottom, to be more themselves.

It is impossible to underrate human intelligence – beginning with one’s own.

Buddhism teaches us not to try to run away from suffering. You have to confront suffering. You have to look deeply into the nature of suffering in order to recognize its cause, the making of the suffering.

I can be a cruel person.

Choose the life that is most useful, and habit will make it the most agreeable.

I really wanted to be a model when I was little. I loved photography, and I loved being on camera. But I was short and chubby, so I couldn’t. Anyway, being an artist is way more interesting than just being a model because it’s about you and what you want to be. You’re not being treated like a clothes hanger.

I always try to be myself. Ever since I was an introverted kid, I’d get on stage and be able to break out of my shell.

I have a hard time figuring out what kind of box to put me in, too, because I don’t know exactly what’s going on around me or why. But I need to stay outside of boxes because then I can look at what’s inside of them without being part of them.

I change my mind a lot. I usually don’t agree with what I say very much. I’m an awful liar.

Man is made by his belief. As he believes, so he is.

I never say I am a guru.

One that desires to excel should endeavor in those things that are in themselves most excellent.

For a long time I was scared I’d find out I was like my mother.

Character, not circumstances, makes the man.

It is a fine thing to have ability, but the ability to discover ability in others is the true test.

It’s a representation of yourself, and you can express a lot of your creativity with what your wearing.

Take advantage of every opportunity to practice your communication skills so that when important occasions arise, you will have the gift, the style, the sharpness, the clarity, and the emotions to affect other people.

I can simply tell you that since I was a kid, I didn’t like to look like anyone else.

Good breeding consists in concealing how much we think of ourselves and how little we think of the other person.

Fame doesn’t fulfill you. It warms you a bit, but that warmth is temporary.

I go onstage and I talk, and I remember what I’m saying, and I track it.