I know who I am, I know what I can and can’t do. I know what I will and won’t do. I know what I’m capable of and I don’t agree to do things that I don’t think I can pull off.

Few things can help an individual more than to place responsibility on him, and to let him know that you trust him.

He who fights with monsters might take care lest he thereby become a monster. Is not life a hundred times too short for us to bore ourselves?

The greatest of faults, I should say, is to be conscious of none.

If you’re always under the pressure of real identity, I think that is somewhat of a burden.

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 am who I am. That’s why my friends and peers respect and appreciate me. I don’t change or cater my actions to fit my surroundings. I’m myself 24/7. People appreciate that.

When you know a thing, to hold that you know it, and when you do not know a thing, to allow that you do not know it – this is knowledge.

To realize that you do not understand is a virtue; Not to realize that you do not understand is a defect.

It has been my experience that folks who have no vices have very few virtues.

I am more afraid of my own heart than of the pope and all his cardinals. I have within me the great pope, Self.

Cut out all these exclamation points. An exclamation point is like laughing at your own joke.

Above everything else I’ve done, I’ve always said I’ve had more guts than I’ve got talent.

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

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 love playing ego and insecurity combined.

‚They‘ are the people that don’t believe in you, that say that you won’t succeed. We stay away from ‚They.‘

One cannot violate the promptings of one’s nature without having that nature recoil upon itself.

I’m the most stubborn person I know.

We have to confront ourselves. Do we like what we see in the mirror? And, according to our light, according to our understanding, according to our courage, we will have to say yea or nay – and rise!

Thought must be divided against itself before it can come to any knowledge of itself.

Yes, some people say to me you’re too skinny, but never a skinny person says that to me, only people who could lose a few pounds say that.

If you don’t stand your ground, then all that happens is people push you backwards.

I think I have a dualistic nature.

You can search throughout the entire universe for someone who is more deserving of your love and affection than you are yourself, and that person is not to be found anywhere. You yourself, as much as anybody in the entire universe deserve your love and affection.

There’s no reason why I can’t be a mogul. When I step into a room and I’m there to have a conversation, if it pertains to business, I want to be respected as a guy who knows what he’s talking about. And that, to me, holds more weight than anything else.

Key is never be afraid of being yourself. Never!

For a long time, I thought I was ugly and disfigured. This made me shy and timid, and I often reacted to insults that were not intended.

I don’t ever want to be caught up in a system of thinking I can do one thing ‚cos that’s just… that’s just telling yourself a lie.

Use your health, even to the point of wearing it out. That is what it is for. Spend all you have before you die; do not outlive yourself.

As we advance in life we learn the limits of our abilities.

Secretly we’re all a little more absurd than we make ourselves out to be.

We are not what we are, nor do we treat or esteem each other for such, but for what we are capable of being.

At 30 a man should know himself like the palm of his hand, know the exact number of his defects and qualities, know how far he can go, foretell his failures – be what he is. And, above all, accept these things.

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 was poor white trash, no glitter, no glamour, but I’m not ashamed of anything.

To love oneself is the beginning of a lifelong romance.

Do you want to know who you are? Don’t ask. Act! Action will delineate and define you.

There are certain things that bother me and certain things that don’t. Personal attacks on me? I think I’m just so used to it.

I don’t have any oratory skills. But I would not use them if I had.

I want the world to see my body.

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

I often joke that 100 years from now I hope people are saying, ‚Dang, she looks good for her age!‘

There is no private life which has not been determined by a wider public life.

I don’t think I’m tangible to myself.

When a stupid man is doing something he is ashamed of, he always declares that it is his duty.

The only shame is to have none.

We rarely confide in those who are better than we are.

Ordinary readers, forgive my paradoxes: one must make them when one reflects; and whatever you may say, I prefer being a man with paradoxes than a man with prejudices.

I’m not comfortable being around too many people. I don’t like being out in public too much. I don’t like going to bars. I don’t like doing celebrity stuff. So most of the characters I play are people who don’t always feel comfortable beyond their small circle of friends.

Great grief does not of itself put an end to itself.

You know, it’s not the world that was my oppressor, because what the world does to you, if the world does it to you long enough and effectively enough, you begin to do to yourself.

But blind to former as to future fate, what mortal knows his pre-existent state?

But at any rate, the point is that God is what nobody admits to being, and everybody really is.

There is no coming to consciousness without pain.

For me, time is the greatest mystery of all. The fact is that we’re dreaming all the time. That’s what really gets me. We have a fathomless lake of unconsciousness just beneath our skulls.

Hatred is self-punishment.

I go down the street, people see me: ‚Hey, I pity-‚ right on, man, that’s a compliment to me.

The person we believe ourselves to be will always act in a manner consistent with our self-image.

We are all sculptors and painters, and our material is our own flesh and blood and bones. Any nobleness begins at once to refine a man’s features, any meanness or sensuality to imbrute them.

You are a little soul carrying around a corpse.