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

I ask you to judge me by the enemies I have made.

At times our own light goes out and is rekindled by a spark from another person. Each of us has cause to think with deep gratitude of those who have lighted the flame within us.

I’ve done the bad-boy thing. It was fun for a good three months. But the thing about bad boys is, you have to keep in mind, you’re never gonna marry a bad boy.

Who had deceived thee so often as thyself?

Weak minds sink under prosperity as well as adversity; but strong and deep ones have two high tides.

The true identity theft is not financial. It’s not in cyberspace. It’s spiritual. It’s been taken.

She is a peacock in everything but beauty.

Now I realize that from ’72 through to about ’76, I was the ultimate rock star. I couldn’t have been more rock star.

Don’t be afraid to see what you see.

I guess it’s flattering that everyone believed I was those characters, but it also is dehumanizing.

You may not control all the events that happen to you, but you can decide not to be reduced by them.

I always had music growing up, but music was also like a journal. It was like my personal diary or personal journal. A lot of the things I couldn’t express to an individual, I would express them in my music.

The questions which one asks oneself begin, at least, to illuminate the world, and become one’s key to the experience of others.

Boredom, anger, sadness, or fear are not ‚yours,‘ not personal. They are conditions of the human mind. They come and go. Nothing that comes and goes is you.

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

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.

I think I could go away tomorrow. I’ve already accomplished something. It’s such a selfish business that sometimes I get sick of myself.

We are the most amazing creatures that this world has ever produced, but we seem to also have this herd mentality; we seem to be the most stupid, also.

Talk to a man about himself and he will listen for hours.

For me, I used to be shy towards journalism because it wasn’t poetry. And then I realized that the events that I covered in essays that became journalism were actually great because they inspired me, and they became my muse.

If you begin to understand what you are without trying to change it, then what you are undergoes a transformation.

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

Why should it be essential to love rarely in order to love much?

I always put myself out there. I’m not afraid to commit to something.

If a person doesn’t change, there’s something really wrong with him.

Freedom from effort in the present merely means that there has been effort stored up in the past.

Man’s unhappiness, as I construe, comes of his greatness; it is because there is an Infinite in him, which with all his cunning he cannot quite bury under the Finite.

I don’t want to make money; I want to make a difference.

I’m 31 now. I think I’m beginning to understand what life is, what romance is, and what a relationship means.

If you set out to be liked, you would be prepared to compromise on anything at any time, and you would achieve nothing.

I have learned that as long as I hold fast to my beliefs and values – and follow my own moral compass – then the only expectations I need to live up to are my own.

You are a little soul carrying around a corpse.

I think that somehow, we learn who we really are and then live with that decision.

I exaggerate when I’m angry, but I’ve never gone around telling people things that aren’t true about me.

Without forgiveness, there’s no future.

Life is one big road with lots of signs. So when you riding through the ruts, don’t complicate your mind. Flee from hate, mischief and jealousy. Don’t bury your thoughts, put your vision to reality. Wake Up and Live!

Some people can just let things go, but I can’t, especially if there’s something that worries me or makes me sad.

How people treat you is their karma; how you react is yours.

Live your life while you have it. Life is a splendid gift. There is nothing small in it. Far the greatest things grow by God’s law out of the smallest. But to live your life, you must discipline it.

As I got older, I guess I became more mellow and more forgiving and more loving.

It’s like a jar of salad dressing sitting on a shelf… most of the seasoning settles to the bottom of the bottle. But when you shake that bottle up, all the ingredients mix together and then the dressing can add flavor to a salad. In the same way, we can stir ourselves up and regain the reverence, respect and awe we once had for the Lord.

The only person who ever called me Paul was my father, so I always associate it with doing something wrong, you know. So, you know, occasionally, people will come up to me on the street and try to, you know, ingratiate themselves and call me Paul. I don’t like it, actually.

One of the greatest diseases is to be nobody to anybody.

I never get too high on my stardom or what I can do.

Always say ‚yes‘ to the present moment… Surrender to what is. Say ‚yes‘ to life – and see how life starts suddenly to start working for you rather than against you.

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

I resigned from the Marine Corps and flying in 1974, even though I loved them both. I quit because I no longer wanted to fight for peace. Instead, I believe we can build a more sustainable peace by working for prosperity.

The closest I ever came to getting married was just before I started singing. In fact, my first record saved my neck.

To become ‚unique,‘ the challenge is to fight the hardest battle which anyone can imagine until you reach your destination.

My dad seemed comfortable with his decision to be a ‚have-not,‘ but I knew that I wasn’t.

There is no person so severely punished, as those who subject themselves to the whip of their own remorse.

‚Perfection‘ to me is, I walk away from a situation and say, ‚I did everything I could do right there. There was nothing more that I could do.‘ I was a hundred percent, like the meter was at the top. There was nothing else I could have done. You know? Like, I worked as hard as I possibly could have. That’s perfection.

Arthur Miller wouldn’t have married me if I had been nothing but a dumb blonde.

A woman knows by intuition, or instinct, what is best for herself.

Life is too short for long-term grudges.

Modesty is a learned affectation. And as soon as life slams the modest person against the wall, that modesty drops.

Not to go back is somewhat to advance, and men must walk, at least, before they dance.

It is amazing how a new child can refocus one’s direction seconds after its birth.

When people are lame, they love to blame.

I put Catholic guilt to work pretty good for a rich rock star.