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

I think there is a lot made out of age, and what age you feel.

Observe all men, thyself most.

There cannot be a God because if there were one, I could not believe that I was not He.

I believe in believing. My coach John Kavanagh is a big atheist, and he is always trying to persuade people to his way of thinking, and I think, ‚What a waste of energy.‘ If people want to believe in this god or that god, that’s fine by me; believe away. But I think we can be our own gods. I believe in myself.

There is a great deal of unmapped country within us which would have to be taken into account in an explanation of our gusts and storms.

I have offended God and mankind because my work didn’t reach the quality it should have.

I tend to overthink things. I’m not the guy who screams ‚This is a world smash!‘ when I finish a song.

It is not love that should be depicted as blind, but self-love.

One of the things that we’re trying to do with Creative Labs and all our experiences is explore things that aren’t all tied to Facebook identity. Some things will be, but not everything will have to be, because there are some sets of experiences that are just better with other identities.

The greatest way to live with honor in this world is to be what we pretend to be.

It’s getting harder to make decisions to just want to do something to work… I’m trying to find things that are extremely challenging or mean something to me deeply.

For me, education was power.

To remain a credible leader, I must always work first, hardest, and longest on changing myself. This is neither easy nor natural, but it is essential.

I do the very best I know how – the very best I can; and I mean to keep on doing so until the end.

For a young person, it is almost a sin, or at least a danger, to be too preoccupied with himself; but for the ageing person, it is a duty and a necessity to devote serious attention to himself.

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.

A man of genius has been seldom ruined but by himself.

People who want the most approval get the least and people who need approval the least get the most.

I learned a long time ago the wisest thing I can do is be on my own side, be an advocate for myself and others like me.

Mistakes are always forgivable, if one has the courage to admit them.

Knowing your own darkness is the best method for dealing with the darknesses of other people.

You get one life. I’m going to embrace mine.

There are three kinds of intelligence: one kind understands things for itself, the other appreciates what others can understand, the third understands neither for itself nor through others. This first kind is excellent, the second good, and the third kind useless.

One thing I want to make clear, as far as my own rebirth is concerned, the final authority is myself and no one else, and obviously not China’s Communists.

My father was a mean, controlling and manipulative person for most of his life. He was unpredictable and unstable.

I look at where I’m at today and realize that most of my success is owed to the mentors that was in my life.

One thing about me is I try to be honest.

The best advice comes from people who don’t give advice.

Spiritual people don’t float around all day on clouds of glory; they live in the real world and deal with real issues in real ways.

I’m tired of fighting. I’ve always known that I can’t be an action star all my life.

Actors know what actors are insecure about – and they’re all insecure.

I’m crazy, but I’m not too crazy.

I’m too busy acting like I’m not Naive. I’ve seen it all, I was here first.

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

Mental toughness is a lifestyle. It’s something that you live every single day of your life. When I was growing up, I was a lazy kid. I was a lazy kid, and everybody goes, ‚How did you get to where you’re at today? How did you get to where you’re running 200 miles at one time in 39 hours? Being so disciplined?‘

I’d rather be hated for who I am, than loved for who I am not.

I love being busy.

That is the real spiritual awakening, when something emerges from within you that is deeper than who you thought you were. So, the person is still there, but one could almost say that something more powerful shines through the person.

My crown is called content, a crown that seldom kings enjoy.

There’s Madeleine, and then there’s ‚Madeleine Albright‘. And I sometimes kind of think, who is this person? Once you become ‚Madeleine Albright‘ it doesn’t go away.

Nothing is more terrible than activity without insight.

So near is falsehood to truth that a wise man would do well not to trust himself on the narrow edge.

Silence is a source of great strength.

My ultimate goal is to end up being happy. Most of the time.

Thinking is a wonderful tool if it’s applied. Thinking, however, can not become the master. Thinking is a very bad master. If you’re dominated by thinking then your life becomes very restricted.

One of the things I did when I discovered this huge importance of being vulnerable is very happily moved away from the shame research, because that’s such a downer, and people hate that topic. It’s not that vulnerability is the upside, but it’s better than shame, I guess.

I feel like everything we do comes down to how it looks. Even no branding is branding. For example, you had no face or image to put to my music at first. That was branding.

Before I can live with other folks I’ve got to live with myself. The one thing that doesn’t abide by majority rule is a person’s conscience.

Latinos are Republican. They just don’t know it yet.

Our personal intelligence is everlasting and divine.

I’m not arrogant enough to look back on my career and criticize my choices. It’s really not my place.

The human being is a strange mixture of blind instinct, on one hand, and conscience, on the other.

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

I don’t want to be called a point guard, but I can’t stop it.

You can’t go backward in life.

If you do not conquer self, you will be conquered by self.

Be as you wish to seem.

You know how advice is. You only want it if it agrees with what you wanted to do anyway.

I admire people who destroy themselves.

I was in a terrible mess in my childhood.