I always pass on good advice. It is the only thing to do with it. It is never of any use to oneself.

Action may not always bring happiness; but there is no happiness without action.

It’s better to be unhappy alone than unhappy with someone – so far.

It is always wise to look ahead, but difficult to look further than you can see.

Almost all of our sorrows spring out of our relations with other people.

Tricks and treachery are the practice of fools, that don’t have brains enough to be honest.

I seldom end up where I wanted to go, but almost always end up where I need to be.

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

Develop an attitude of gratitude, and give thanks for everything that happens to you, knowing that every step forward is a step toward achieving something bigger and better than your current situation.

You may make some mistakes – but that doesn’t make you a sinner. You’ve got the very nature of God on the inside of you.

Fear is the main source of superstition, and one of the main sources of cruelty. To conquer fear is the beginning of wisdom.

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

If you’re not ready for everything, you’re not ready for anything.

The high destiny of the individual is to serve rather than to rule.

I can imagine it’s hard to make a relationship last. I wouldn’t know.

Do not be in a hurry to succeed. What would you have to live for afterwards? Better make the horizon your goal; it will always be ahead of you.

I’m always trying. Between every book, I think, ‚Well now, it’s time to get down to the serious stuff.‘

You’ll never get ahead of anyone as long as you try to get even with him.

I am trying to find myself. Sometimes that’s not easy.

Knowledge of what is does not open the door directly to what should be.

It is amazing what you can accomplish if you do not care who gets the credit.

Most of us aren’t defeated in one decisive battle. We are defeated one tiny, seemingly insignificant surrender at a time that chips away at who we should really be.

A fool thinks himself to be wise, but a wise man knows himself to be a fool.

Ambition is the last refuge of the failure.

We must be our own before we can be another’s.

When I understand myself, I understand you, and out of that understanding comes love.

I have always believed, and I still believe, that whatever good or bad fortune may come our way we can always give it meaning and transform it into something of value.

To conquer fear is the beginning of wisdom.

The arrogance of age must submit to be taught by youth.

You live and learn. At any rate, you live.

He that will not apply new remedies must expect new evils; for time is the greatest innovator.

You cannot change your destination overnight, but you can change your direction overnight.

Our character is basically a composite of our habits. Because they are consistent, often unconcious patterns, they constantly, daily, express our character.

Human beings must be known to be loved; but Divine beings must be loved to be known.

The competitor to be feared is one who never bothers about you at all, but goes on making his own business better all the time.

Counsel with your parents is a privilege at any age.

We gain the strength of the temptation we resist.

I think there is only one quality worse than hardness of heart and that is softness of head.

Consult your friend on all things, especially on those which respect yourself. His counsel may then be useful where your own self-love might impair your judgment.

Hollywood is not suited for me, and I am not suited for it.

Love always ends differently and it always begins differently – especially with me.

Always do whatever’s next.

As far as the general public is concerned, I always tell people that you need to look like a dance teacher like you’re looking for a pediatrician.

At the end of the day, I understand that life has road blocks, and life is like school – you’ll be tested; we gotta pass it.

Thomas Jefferson once said, ‚We should never judge a president by his age, only by his works.‘ And ever since he told me that, I stopped worrying.

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

No man is so foolish but he may sometimes give another good counsel, and no man so wise that he may not easily err if he takes no other counsel than his own. He that is taught only by himself has a fool for a master.

Not only is there but one way of doing things rightly, but there is only one way of seeing them, and that is, seeing the whole of them.

To be good is noble; but to show others how to be good is nobler and no trouble.

The ideal man bears the accidents of life with dignity and grace, making the best of circumstances.

Know, first, who you are, and then adorn yourself accordingly.

From my perspective, I absolutely believe in a greater spiritual power, far greater than I am, from which I have derived strength in moments of sadness or fear. That’s what I believe, and it was very, very strong in the forest.

All I can do is be me, whoever that is.

Part of me suspects that I’m a loser, and the other part of me thinks I’m God Almighty.

All we have to decide is what to do with the time that is given us.

Let each become all that he was created capable of being.

Necessity never made a good bargain.

I stopped doing drugs when I was 20. I was finished with drugs before Nirvana even started.

Science is organized knowledge. Wisdom is organized life.

If you always put limit on everything you do, physical or anything else. It will spread into your work and into your life. There are no limits. There are only plateaus, and you must not stay there, you must go beyond them.

Faith is not something to grasp, it is a state to grow into.