I never say I am a guru.

When you seek the presence of your creative Spirit and are filled with passion about virtually everything you undertake, you’ll successfully remove the roadblocks from your life and enjoy the active presence of Spirit.

Few of us have vitality enough to make any of our instincts imperious.

To be a monk is to have time to practice for your transformation and healing. And after that to help with the transformation and healing of other people.

The noblest search is the search for excellence.

I’m only going to stand before God and give an account for my life, not for somebody else’s life. If I have a bad attitude, then I need to say there’s no point in me blaming you for what’s wrong in my life.

Writing is good, thinking is better. Cleverness is good, patience is better.

When an inner situation is not made conscious, it appears outside as fate.

Once someone has spent enough time cultivating bad habits and biding their time, they are much diminished. Much of what they could have been has dissipated.

Bad times have a scientific value. These are occasions a good learner would not miss.

I never knew a more presumptuous person than myself. The fact that I say that shows that what I say is true.

I think everybody has something that they’ve been obsessed about in their lifetime.

I have never regarded myself as a hero, but Tenzing undoubtedly was.

People have a hard time letting go of their suffering. Out of a fear of the unknown, they prefer suffering that is familiar.

I really believe in the philosophy that you create your own universe. I’m just trying to create a good one for myself.

There’s a belief that you’re supposed to be poor, and suffering, and show your humility. I just don’t see the Bible that way. I see that God came and Jesus died so that we might live an abundant life and be a blessing to others.

Be smarter than other people, just don’t tell them so.

I am still far from being what I want to be, but with God’s help I shall succeed.

The biggest guru-mantra is: never share your secrets with anybody. It will destroy you.

Any man can make mistakes, but only an idiot persists in his error.

I’m not very ambitious at all.

None are more taken in by flattery than the proud, who wish to be the first and are not.

You can become an even more excellent person by constantly setting higher and higher standards for yourself and then by doing everything possible to live up to those standards.

I don’t need to be vindicated, and I don’t want attention.

Human salvation lies in the hands of the creatively maladjusted.

One can never consent to creep when one feels an impulse to soar.

Little by little, not by making big promises, I need to be calmer, read more, spend more time with my loved ones, and be more mindful about nature and environment.

If I’d had some set idea of a finish line, don’t you think I would have crossed it years ago?

It is better to offer no excuse than a bad one.

A lot of people cry and complain and put their hand out and beg. It never goes well.

‚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.

I think you’re working and learning until you die.

If you would take, you must first give, this is the beginning of intelligence.

When you’re older you want to learn from other people.

Success is like reaching an important birthday and finding you’re exactly the same.

Well I think a lot of times we’re putting things off and I’m going to do it later. I’m going to break this bad habit or I’m going to pursue this dream or I’m going to treat my spouse better.

The greatest discovery of my generation is that a human being can alter his life by altering his attitudes.

Power is the measure of the degree of control you have over circumstances in your life and the actions of the people around you. It is a skill that is developed by a deep understanding of human nature, of what truly motivates people, and of the manipulations necessary for advancement and protection.

I always entertain the notion that I’m wrong, or that I’ll have to revise my opinion. Most of the time that feels good; sometimes it really hurts and is embarrassing.

Do the thing you fear to do and keep on doing it… that is the quickest and surest way ever yet discovered to conquer fear.

I desire to press forward for direction to my Master in all things; but as to trusting to my own obedience and righteousness, I should be worse than a fool and ten times worse than a madman.

A child-like man is not a man whose development has been arrested; on the contrary, he is a man who has given himself a chance of continuing to develop long after most adults have muffled themselves in the cocoon of middle-aged habit and convention.

A lot of dreams can turn to nightmares… if you don’t really work them.

Fighting for one’s freedom, struggling towards being free, is like struggling to be a poet or a good Christian or a good Jew or a good Muslim or good Zen Buddhist. You work all day long and achieve some kind of level of success by nightfall, go to sleep and wake up the next morning with the job still to be done. So you start all over again.

Leaders who fail to prune their pride will meet demise. That’s not a guess, it’s a guarantee. With pride, it’s not a matter of ‚if‘ we will fall, but ‚when.‘ There are no exceptions.

Your ability to use the principle of autosuggestion will depend, very largely, upon your capacity to concentrate upon a given desire until that desire becomes a burning obsession.

It’s really hard to guarantee things in life. I guarantee if you get up in the morning and you work out, and you work hard, you will have a better day – 100% guaranteed.

Don’t talk about what you have done or what you are going to do.

I was in my late thirties when my eyes were opened to truth in God’s Word that showed me I wasn’t living the abundant life Jesus died for me to have. I had a very negative mindset and was miserable most of the time because of the abuse I had experienced throughout my childhood.

I was a bit challenged when I was younger to stay on the right path.

We do not need to proselytise either by our speech or by our writing. We can only do so really with our lives. Let our lives be open books for all to study.

I’ve been studying the Bible for a long time. I remember that after the first five years or so of diligently studying the Word, I didn’t feel like I had made any progress. There were a lot of things in my life that were out of order, and I didn’t feel like I was getting anywhere.

The power of our thoughts may never be measured or appreciated, but it became obvious to me as a young boy that there was value and power in being aware of my thoughts and how I expressed myself.

With patient and firm determination, I am going to press on for jobs. I’m going to press on for equality. I’m going to press on for the sake of our children. I’m going to press on for the sake of all those families who are struggling right now. I don’t have time to feel sorry for myself. I don’t have time to complain. I am going to press on.

If you even dream of beating me you’d better wake up and apologize.

Nothing is at last sacred but the integrity of your own mind.

I don’t want to be too critical of what other people do, but when people go back to do the same thing that they did, I’m completely confused. I’m like, ‚Didn’t you make that movie already?‘ I’ve been very fortunate, and I’m well taken care of, so the least I can do is try to go forward.

Reading is to the mind what exercise is to the body.

Anyone who stops learning is old, whether at twenty or eighty. Anyone who keeps learning stays young. The greatest thing in life is to keep your mind young.

Choose people who lift you up.

It is better to be alone than in bad company.