I realize I don’t do a very good job in keeping up to date, but I try to.

There is nothing, Sir, too little for so little a creature as man. It is by studying little things that we attain the great art of having as little misery and as much happiness as possible.

I think it’s very important to have a feedback loop, where you’re constantly thinking about what you’ve done and how you could be doing it better.

Gentleness doesn’t get work done unless you happen to be a hen laying eggs.

Every writer has his writing technique – what he can and can’t do to describe something like war or history. I’m not good at writing about those things, but I try because I feel it is necessary to write that kind of thing.

Who had deceived thee so often as thyself?

How much easier it is to be critical than to be correct.

When I was making the early stuff, I never expected it to be so big. I was in my own kind of bubble. I never wanted to tour; I just wanted to create music and make a diary I could put out into the world. And sometimes, I became the characters.

I never deny. I never contradict. I sometimes forget.

People deal too much with the negative, with what is wrong. Why not try and see positive things, to just touch those things and make them bloom?

I haven’t been faithful to my own advice in the past. I will in the future.

To me, a leader is someone who holds her- or himself accountable for finding potential in people and processes. And so what I think is really important is sustainability.

What interests me in life is curiosity, challenges, the good fight with its victories and defeats.

If I was to go to sleep before midnight, I would feel weird about myself, like I wasted a day. My most productive hours are between midnight and five.

I’m not well-read, but when I read, I read well.

One’s philosophy is not best expressed in words; it is expressed in the choices one makes… and the choices we make are ultimately our responsibility.

I still consider myself a little, fat kid from Hawaii.

I’ve always kinda been a little outcast myself, a little oddball, doin‘ my thing, my own way. And it’s been hard for me to, to be accepted, certainly in the early years of my life.

I wouldn’t say I have a lack of fear. In fact, I’d like my fear emotion to be less because it’s very distracting and fries my nervous system.

The Mind that lies fallow but a single Day, sprouts up in Follies that are only to be killed by a constant and assiduous Culture.

My own dreams fortunately came true in this great state. I became Mr. Universe; I became a successful businessman. And even though some people say I still speak with a slight accent, I have reached the top of the acting profession.

Honestly, I always believed in myself. For real, for real.

Words are powerful; if you change your words, you can change your life.

You’ll never do a whole lot unless you’re brave enough to try.

We forge the chains we wear in life.

As a lifestyle you always being the focal point is innately unhealthy.

I wanted to live deep and suck out all the marrow of life, to live so sturdily and Spartanlike as to put to rout all that was not life.

I cannot always control what goes on outside. But I can always control what goes on inside.

I think the great part about what I do is that there’s a scoreboard. At the end of every week, you know how you did. You know how well you prepared. You know whether you executed your game plan. There’s a tangible score.

Many people, especially young people, would like to be more independent and on their own. But it is very difficult and they suffer from feelings of isolation. I think that is one reason why young readers support my work.

I never thought of losing, but now that it‘ s happened, the only thing is to do it right. That’s my obligation to all the people who believe in me. We all have to take defeats in life.

We have to continue to learn. We have to be open. And we have to be ready to release our knowledge in order to come to a higher understanding of reality.

If you are lonely when you’re alone, you are in bad company.

As soon as you trust yourself, you will know how to live.

Take time to gather up the past so that you will be able to draw from your experience and invest them in the future.

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.

More people should read books. It’s the most concentrated experience you can have.

To conquer fear is the beginning of wisdom.

If you do not tell the truth about yourself you cannot tell it about other people.

I always had faith in my creative capacity.

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

Difficulties strengthen the mind, as labor does the body.

My goal was never to be the loudest or the craziest. It was to be the most entertaining.

Time you enjoy wasting, was not wasted.

Today I love myself as I love my god: who could charge me with a sin today? I know only sins against my god; but who knows my god?

My favorite affirmation when I feel stuck or out of sorts is: Whatever I need is already here, and it is all for my highest good. Jot this down and post it conspicuously throughout your home, on the dashboard of your car, at your office, on your microwave oven, and even in front of your toilets!

Always remember that others may hate you but those who hate you don’t win unless you hate them. And then you destroy yourself.

Nature that framed us of four elements, warring within our breasts for regiment, doth teach us all to have aspiring minds.

I’d have to be superman to do some of the things I’m supposed to have done, I’ve been at six different places at six different times.

Help others and give something back. I guarantee you will discover that while public service improves the lives and the world around you, its greatest reward is the enrichment and new meaning it will bring your own life.

A big man has no time really to do anything but just sit and be big.

One machine can do the work of fifty ordinary men. No machine can do the work of one extraordinary man.

When I write about a 15-year old, I jump, I return to the days when I was that age. It’s like a time machine. I can remember everything. I can feel the wind. I can smell the air. Very actually. Very vividly.

There are no limitations to the mind except those we acknowledge.

If you want to improve, be content to be thought foolish and stupid.

I used to have a real problem with self-pity. Every time the devil would throw a pity party, I would attend.

The time when most of you should withdraw into yourself is when you are forced to be in a crowd.

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!

Playing Etta James in the movie ‚Cadillac Records‘ really changed me. It was a darker character, and I realized that if anything is too comfortable, I want to run from it. It’s no fun being safe.

The pleasure of work is open to anyone who can develop some specialised skill, provided that he can get satisfaction from the exercise of his skill without demanding universal applause.

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