Everyone who wills can hear the inner voice. It is within everyone.

He who knows best knows how little he knows.

There is more wisdom in your body than in your deepest philosophy.

Look within. Within is the fountain of good, and it will ever bubble up, if thou wilt ever dig.

Breathing in, I am aware of my heart. Breathing out, I smile to my heart and know that my heart still functions normally. I feel grateful for my heart.

For good nurture and education implant good constitutions.

Instead of being concerned that you have no office, be concerned to think how you may fit yourself for office. Instead of being concerned that you are not known, seek to be worthy of being known.

Individuals need to be willing to face truth about their attitudes, behaviors, even what we want out of life.

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

Getting stress out of your life takes more than prayer alone. You must take action to make changes and stop doing whatever is causing the stress. You can learn to calm down in the way you handle things.

The whole problem with the world is that fools and fanatics are always so certain of themselves, and wiser people so full of doubts.

Be at war with your vices, at peace with your neighbors, and let every new year find you a better man.

I’m not intelligent. I’m not arrogant. I’m just like the people who read my books. I used to have a jazz club, and I made the cocktails and I made the sandwiches. I didn’t want to become a writer – it just happened.

Man can alter his life by altering his thinking.

I think what’s important is for us to decipher what is honest and what is dishonest and be accepting of those things and not operating from fear.

I am, as a character, at times, a little overbearing. I recognize that.

Every man has a right to be conceited until he is successful.

You can search throughout the entire universe for someone who is more deserving of your love and affection than you are yourself, and that person is not to be found anywhere. You yourself, as much as anybody in the entire universe deserve your love and affection.

I am my own sanctuary and I can be reborn as many times as I choose throughout my life.

I have never felt that the one thing that I am ‚known for‘ is what I am.

Somebody’s boring me. I think it’s me.

Upon the creatures we have made, we are, ourselves, at last, dependent.

Control and surrender have to be kept in balance. That’s what surfers do – take control of the situation, then be carried, then take control. In the last few thousand years, we’ve become incredibly adept technically. We’ve treasured the controlling part of ourselves and neglected the surrendering part.

Sadly, the truth is, there aren’t many people who can be put in high positions who won’t start thinking highly of themselves.

To know anything well involves a profound sensation of ignorance.

It is important to remember yourself.

When you are spiritually connected, you are not looking for occasions to be offended, and you are not judging and labeling others. You are in a state of grace in which you know you are connected to God and thus free from the effects of anyone or anything external to yourself.

It is in our idleness, in our dreams, that the submerged truth sometimes comes to the top.

The challenge is to stay cool enough to handle the pressure in the moment so that you can succeed in the future.

Not until we are lost do we begin to understand ourselves.

The spirit is there in every boy; it has to be discovered and brought to light.

Only when you drink from the river of silence shall you indeed sing. And when you have reached the mountain top, then you shall begin to climb. And when the earth shall claim your limbs, then shall you truly dance.

I’m very secure about my talents and about who I am.

If the leader is filled with high ambition and if he pursues his aims with audacity and strength of will, he will reach them in spite of all obstacles.

I’ve learned that usually, the less I know about other people, the better off I am.

How lucky Adam was. He knew when he said a good thing, nobody had said it before.

I am a good listener. I think that came from my schooling.

They say somebody’s ‚street smart.‘ I feel like, if I got intelligence, it’s just a country smart.

I’d always somehow felt slightly as if I’d been born in the wrong country.

My philosophy is it’s none of my business what people say of me and think of me. I am what I am, and I do what I do. I expect nothing and accept everything. And it makes life so much easier.

Now that I understand that I’m an addict, I definitely have compassion for my mother. I get it.

People who pity themselves think, ‚Why would I try to do anything? I’ll just fail.‘

Any man may be in good spirits and good temper when he’s well dressed. There ain’t much credit in that.

The light which puts out our eyes is darkness to us. Only that day dawns to which we are awake. There is more day to dawn. The sun is but a morning star.

Knowledge will give you power, but character respect.

I didn’t live at school, I lived where I could and studied what I enjoyed studying. I took what I wanted from that education but was making my first record at the same time. I don’t know anyone from school. I was just leading a different life. I was really interested in writing and other things.

A man should look for what is, and not for what he thinks should be.

Anytime I feel lost, I pull out a map and stare. I stare until I have reminded myself that life is a giant adventure, so much to do, to see.

Coaching wouldn’t be for me. No, certainly not.

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

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

Whether you think that you can, or that you can’t, you are usually right.

I have never felt more confident in myself, more clear on who I am as a woman. But I am constantly thinking about my own health and making sure that I’m eating right and getting exercise and watching the aches and pains. I want to be this really fly 80-90-year old.

Man is the only creature that refuses to be what he is.

It’s normal for human beings to identify with their own separate self. The problem is that we get caught in that notion of ourself as a separate individual and caught in that individual self’s agenda.

Will not a tiny speck very close to our vision blot out the glory of the world, and leave only a margin by which we see the blot? I know no speck so troublesome as self.

I’m no natural beauty. If I’m gonna have any looks at all, I’m gonna have to create them.

One of the greatest discoveries a man makes, one of his great surprises, is to find he can do what he was afraid he couldn’t do.

I’m just trying to be myself. I’m not trying to be anyone else.

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.

What most persons consider as virtue, after the age of 40 is simply a loss of energy.