I am not the humblest person in the world. I admit that.

Take a course in good water and air; and in the eternal youth of Nature you may renew your own. Go quietly, alone; no harm will befall you.

There are few things more dreadful than dealing with a man who knows he is going under, in his own eyes, and in the eyes of others. Nothing can help that man. What is left of that man flees from what is left of human attention.

To be ashamed of one’s immorality: that is a step on the staircase at whose end one is also ashamed of one’s morality.

The world can criticize me, but l can always criticize it back.

I would like to fly in space. Absolutely. That would be cool. I used to just do personally risky things, but now I’ve got kids and responsibilities, so I can’t be my own test pilot. That wouldn’t be a good idea. But I definitely want to fly as soon as it’s a sensible thing to do.

The abdomen is the reason why man does not readily take himself to be a god.

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

When it comes to everybody else’s thing and their lane and their timing, I’m never doing anything intentional to, like, come after somebody. That will always be my biggest mistake or anybody’s biggest mistake if that’s their intention.

I’m not looking to freak people out – eating rodents or bugs. I don’t do that anymore.

I don’t need to be vindicated, and I don’t want attention.

If anything is certain, it is that I myself am not a Marxist.

Remember that your imagination is yours and yours alone. You have the inborn capacity to use it in any way that you choose. No one else is responsible for your imagination. Anything placed in your imagination and held there ultimately becomes your reality.

Make bold choices and make mistakes. It’s all those things that add up to the person you become.

Listening to and understanding our inner sufferings will resolve most of the problems we encounter.

I imagine I will be less involved in film and be focused more on family and foreign affairs.

I want everybody to understand that I am an American Negro first before I am a member of any political party.

If you must tell me your opinions, tell me what you believe in. I have plenty of doubts of my own.

When I came into this industry, I was never afraid to be myself.

If I were two-faced, would I be wearing this one?

I believe that one key to success is to accept truth, no matter how it’s spoken.

I never fall in love.

The only ones among you who will be really happy are those who will have sought and found how to serve.

I don’t look at a man who’s expert in one area as a specialist. I look at him as a rookie in ten other areas.

The essence of being human is that one does not seek perfection.

Sexuality is one of the ways that we become enlightened, actually, because it leads us to self-knowledge.

Make the most of yourself, for that is all there is of you.

If you try to protect yourself from pain, it becomes a stone in your heart. But the more you learn to face things, the more likely that stone can become a pearl.

To solve any problem, here are three questions to ask yourself: First, what could I do? Second, what could I read? And third, who could I ask?

Say not, ‚I have found the truth,‘ but rather, ‚I have found a truth.‘

I more fear what is within me than what comes from without.

I like to write about love and love lost because I feel like there are so many different subcategories of emotions that you can possibly delve into.

When I was growing up, I wasn’t an extrovert. If anything, I was an introverted kid and a very average pupil at school. I was very quiet.

They would not find me changed from him they knew – only more sure of all I thought was true.

Blessed is the man, who having nothing to say, abstains from giving wordy evidence of the fact.

No person is important enough to make me angry.

If you are lonely when you’re alone, you are in bad company.

What’s wrong with being a boring kind of guy?

If I am walking with two other men, each of them will serve as my teacher. I will pick out the good points of the one and imitate them, and the bad points of the other and correct them in myself.

Don’t throw stones at your neighbors if your own windows are glass.

Is fear preventing you from taking action? Acknowledge the fear, watch it, take your attention into it, be fully present with it. Doing so cuts the link between the fear and your thinking. Don’t let the fear rise up into your mind. Use the power of the Now. Fear cannot prevail against it.

If you desire to be good, begin by believing that you are wicked.

Everybody has done something that we wish we didn’t say or do and wish we could take it back.

Virtue is a state of war, and to live in it we have always to combat with ourselves.

The only difference between Benito and Bad Bunny is 16 million followers on Instagram. And the money that Bad Bunny has in the bank. Benito had, like, $7. The numbers are different, but I’m still the same. Even my insecurities remain the same.

You may be always victorious if you will never enter into any contest where the issue does not wholly depend upon yourself.

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.

I’m no leader; I’m a little humble follower.

My confidence is easy to shake. I am very well aware of all of my flaws. I am aware of all the insecurities that I have.

I have taken more out of alcohol than alcohol has taken out of me.

My children came out as individuals in their own right. They were not my products. They had their own characters and were very strong-minded. I gave them a lot of freedom when they were still very young. The one thing they got from me is morals. They would never betray anyone. They are really good people.

Every thought you produce, anything you say, any action you do, it bears your signature.

As a human being, anger is a part of our mind. Irritation also part of our mind. But you can do – anger come, go. Never keep in your sort of – your inner world, then create a lot of suspicion, a lot of distrust, a lot of negative things, more worry.

You cannot see the changes that you’re dreaming about, because they’re internal.

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

The devil is a peace stealer, and he works hard to set us up to get upset. But we can learn how to change our approach so we don’t live upset all of the time. And Jesus gives us the best example to follow.

Few men would dare to read their own autobiography if all their deeds were recorded in it; few can look back upon their entire career without a blush.

Do not think of your faults, still less of other’s faults; look for what is good and strong, and try to imitate it. Your faults will drop off, like dead leaves, when their time comes.

The major value in life is not what you get. The major value in life is what you become.

Hatred is self-punishment.

Self-actualized people are independent of the good opinion of others.