I look like a casual, laid-back guy, but it’s like a circus in my head.

I’m always afraid of failing. I have to quiet that fear if I’m going to get up in the morning.

I have spent many years of my life in opposition, and I rather like the role.

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

There are going to be good days and bad days. Bottom line.

Freedom means you are unobstructed in living your life as you choose. Anything less is a form of slavery.

A man does not know what he is saying until he knows what he is not saying.

I am, as a character, at times, a little overbearing. I recognize that.

None but ourselves can free our minds.

Everything that irritates us about others can lead us to an understanding of ourselves.

Men must know their limitations.

The best government is that which teaches us to govern ourselves.

Become aware of your own insufficiency.

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

If something can corrupt you, you’re corrupted already.

No one but a fool is always right.

Know thyself? If I knew myself I would run away.

I don’t follow all the 48 laws. Like, I’ve never crushed anyone totally.

Hatred is inveterate anger.

Seriousness is the only refuge of the shallow.

Trust not yourself, but your defects to know, make use of every friend and every foe.

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

I’ve noticed a terrible thing, which is I will agree to anything if it’s far enough in the future.

Many of my fans often tell me that they listen to my songs to get through things. And therefore, obviously, I hope that they can picture being in a place where things are better… I hope my songs can bring people to a calm place.

Perfectionists demand perfection from themselves first and foremost.

I think your values are always influenced by your family and your community.

I put a lot of pressure on myself. I think something’s not good enough, and I won’t stop until I feel like I’ve made it. I’m never satisfied.

Behavior is the mirror in which everyone shows their image.

We are never deceived; we deceive ourselves.

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

Basically you have to suppress your own ambitions in order to be who you need to be.

Conscience is the inner voice that warns us that someone might be looking.

This soul, or life within us, by no means agrees with the life outside us. If one has the courage to ask her what she thinks, she is always saying the very opposite to what other people say.

You have learnt something. That always feels at first as if you had lost something.

To excel at the highest level – or any level, really – you need to believe in yourself, and hands down, one of the biggest contributors to my self-confidence has been private coaching.

I have never felt more confident in myself, more clear on who I am as a woman. But I am constantly thinking about my own health and making sure that I’m eating right and getting exercise and watching the aches and pains. I want to be this really fly 80-90-year old.

One thing about me is I try to be honest.

Indecision may or may not be my problem.

I am alone; I am always alone no matter what.

In the stillness of your presence, you can feel your own formless and timeless reality as the unmanifested life that animates your physical form. You can then feel the same life deep within every other human and every other creature. You look beyond the veil of form and separation. This is the realization of oneness. This is love.

If you leave the smallest corner of your head vacant for a moment, other people’s opinions will rush in from all quarters.

There is no such thing as paranoia. Your worst fears can come true at any moment.

You have to come to your closed doors before you get to your open doors… What if you knew you had to go through 32 closed doors before you got to your open door? Well, then you’d come to closed door number eight and you’d think, ‚Great, I got another one out of the way’… Keep moving forward.

I’m not good at talking about myself.

The most common way people give up their power is by thinking they don’t have any.

Learn to think continentally.

Through pride we are ever deceiving ourselves. But deep down below the surface of the average conscience a still, small voice says to us, something is out of tune.

Of course, when I say that human nature is gentleness, it is not 100 percent so. Every human being has that nature, but there are many people acting against their nature, being false.

I think women go crazy for a reason. It’s not like it just happens.

I go through a lot of depression, and I know other people do, too, but I have an outlet that so many people don’t. If you have that inside of you and can’t get it out, what do you do?

My powers are ordinary. Only my application brings me success.

It’s very important that we re-learn the art of resting and relaxing. Not only does it help prevent the onset of many illnesses that develop through chronic tension and worrying; it allows us to clear our minds, focus, and find creative solutions to problems.

The secret of being miserable is to have leisure to bother about whether you are happy or not. The cure for it is occupation.

Wisdom ceases to be wisdom when it becomes too proud to weep, too grave to laugh, and too selfish to seek other than itself.

The need to be right is the sign of a vulgar mind.

I’m not very ambitious at all.

Freedom is not given to us by anyone; we have to cultivate it ourselves. It is a daily practice… No one can prevent you from being aware of each step you take or each breath in and breath out.

Many a man thinks he is buying pleasure, when he is really selling himself to it.

We are in a far better position to observe instincts in animals or in primitives than in ourselves. This is due to the fact that we have grown accustomed to scrutinizing our own actions and to seeking rational explanations for them.

The whole problem with the world is that fools and fanatics are always so certain of themselves, and wiser people so full of doubts.

Do not be anxious about tomorrow, for tomorrow will be anxious for itself. Let the day’s own trouble be sufficient for the day.