I can’t pretend that I’m brave and that I can beat the whole world.

Many a man’s reputation would not know his character if they met on the street.

No man should be in politics unless he would honestly rather not be there.

If I went back to my 20-year-old self, what I would tell my 20-year-old self is, ‚You don’t know anything.‘ Because everyone, when they’re young, they think they know what’s going on in the world, and you don’t.

The best author will be the one who is ashamed to become a writer.

There’s certainly a side of me that isn’t completely… sane. Or completely ‚even‘ all the time. We all have our dark sides.

There was a while when I was feeling like, ‚Damn, if I’d just been born black, I would not have to go through all this‘.

A gentleman would be ashamed should his deeds not match his words.

Many people would be surprised that, in fact, I’m quite shy.

The art of acting is not to act. Once you show them more, what you show them, in fact is bad acting.

My message isn’t perfectly defined. I have, as a human being, fallen to peer pressure.

If you wish to achieve worthwhile things in your personal and career life, you must become a worthwhile person in your own self-development.

The utmost extent of man’s knowledge, is to know that he knows nothing.

If you know me, and you call me Stefani, you don’t really know me at all.

The mouth obeys poorly when the heart murmurs.

Whenever people agree with me I always feel I must be wrong.

The greatest deception men suffer is from their own opinions.

He who is brave is free.

Live-tweeting your bikini wax is not vulnerability. Nor is posting a blow-by-blow of your divorce . That’s an attempt to hot-wire connection. But you can’t cheat real connection. It’s built up slowly. It’s about trust and time.

It takes courage to grow up and become who you really are.

I spent a lot of years trying to outrun or outsmart vulnerability by making things certain and definite, black and white, good and bad. My inability to lean into the discomfort of vulnerability limited the fullness of those important experiences that are wrought with uncertainty: Love, belonging, trust, joy, and creativity to name a few.

I have total recall. I remember being born. I remember being in the womb, I remember being inside. Coming out was great.

Of all acts of man repentance is the most divine. The greatest of all faults is to be conscious of none.

I always felt that if I was going to do a movie, I wanted it to be authentic.

I do not pilfer victory.

Because you know when you first become famous, you start walking a little different because people are staring at you.

No one can be happy who has been thrust outside the pale of truth. And there are two ways that one can be removed from this realm: by lying, or by being lied to.

To know yet to think that one does not know is best; Not to know yet to think that one knows will lead to difficulty.

I’m a human being. I’ve got opinions, I’m not always right, I’m not always on time, I don’t always say things in the proper way, but my intentions are always extremely pure.

Knowing that you are going to die is, I suspect, the beginning of wisdom.

Real knowledge is to know the extent of one’s ignorance.

I’m not a marketing person. I don’t ask myself questions. I go by instinct.

You can be obsessed with the bad things people say and the good things; either way, you’re obsessed with yourself, and I’m not – you can become unhinged so easily.

Few are those who see with their own eyes and feel with their own hearts.

I’m not generally a sensitive person, but I tend to be more sensitive toward others and what they’re going through. I don’t know if that’s the healthiest thing, but it’s the truth.

I have the habit of attention to such excess, that my senses get no rest – but suffer from a constant strain.

Truth is handsomer than the affectation of love. Your goodness must have some edge to it, else it is none.

We are afraid to care too much, for fear that the other person does not care at all.

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

Every man has his own courage, and is betrayed because he seeks in himself the courage of other persons.

Let’s be honest. Canada wasn’t ever cool.

In this world there is always danger for those who are afraid of it.

No, I’m not a French designer either. I’m from nowhere. I’m a European, old European is all I am.

What a liberation to realize that the ‚voice in my head‘ is not who I am. ‚Who am I, then?‘ The one who sees that.

Confession of errors is like a broom which sweeps away the dirt and leaves the surface brighter and clearer. I feel stronger for confession.

As the father of eight children, I’m quite convinced that each individual arrives here with their own unique personality. We are intended here from an invisible held of infinite potentiality. That which has no form, has no boundaries – it’s the I that’s in the ever-changing body.

The martyr cannot be dishonored. Every lash inflicted is a tongue of fame; every prison a more illustrious abode.

The best way to find out if you can trust somebody is to trust them.

True self is non-self, the awareness that the self is made only of non-self elements. There’s no separation between self and other, and everything is interconnected.

Well, I don’t think there’s any need for people to focus on my career.

Usually, people have a tendency to be caught in the worries concerning the future or in the regret concerning the past. There is some kind of energy that is pushing them to run, and they are not able to establish themselves in the present moment.

Truth has rough flavours if we bite it through.

There’s just some magic in truth and honesty and openness.

Find out who you are. And do it on purpose.

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 never promise anything. I don’t promise anything to my mum. I don’t promise anything to the supporters.

A letter does not blush.

Seeing myself on the screen makes me cringe. I understand that I am that way – pouty.

I’ve got nothing to hide.

I don’t think I’m tangible to myself.

Real riches are the riches possessed inside.