I used to worry about every little thing, trying to figure out every problem. Well, I realize now how foolish that was. I was no more in control of my life than the man on the moon.

When you start to realise how much of what you’ve constructed of yourself is based on deception and lies, that is a horrifying realisation.

I’m sure the feeling of fear, as long as you can take advantage of it and not be rendered useless by it, can make you extend yourself beyond what you would regard as your capacity. If you’re afraid, the blood seems to flow freely through the veins, and you really do feel a sense of stimulation.

Everyone is different. Everyone has different teams they’ve played on, coaches they’ve played for.

Feeling sorry for ourselves is the most useless waste of energy on the planet. It does absolutely no good. We can’t let our circumstances or what others do or don’t do control us. We can decide to be happy regardless.

Don’t look forward to the day you stop suffering, because when it comes you’ll know you’re dead.

Doing the box set is one of those things where you get to rewrite your own history to some extent. We could take out some of the songs that we felt weren’t as strong as some of the others, so you look better.

It’s always a struggle growing up in Akron.

Nothing is more intolerable than to have to admit to yourself your own errors.

I think I’ve really exhausted the magical. It was a lot of fun, but I’ve put it behind me for the time being.

Sometimes when you’ve had a long series of disappointing things happen, you can get into the very bad habit of just expecting more of what you’ve already had.

I experience a period of frightening clarity in those moments when nature is so beautiful. I am no longer sure of myself, and the paintings appear as in a dream.

A consistent anarchist must oppose private ownership of the means of production, and the wage-slavery which is a component of this system, as incompatible with the principle that labor must be freely undertaken and under the control of the producer.

My work is about my life, and what I want to do with it.

People make jokes about my bosoms, why don’t they look underneath the breasts at the heart? It’s obvious I’ve got big ones and if people want to assume they’re not mine, then let them.

You cannot let where you are today cause you to get stuck. I’m going to be my best right now. That’s what faith is all about.

In 7th grade, I believe, I wrote my first rap song. It was about everything I was seeing, everything that was going on around me.

History will point out some of the things I did wrong and some of the things I did right.

Whosoever is delighted in solitude is either a wild beast or a god.

There are horrible people who, instead of solving a problem, tangle it up and make it harder to solve for anyone who wants to deal with it. Whoever does not know how to hit the nail on the head should be asked not to hit it at all.

The true identity theft is not financial. It’s not in cyberspace. It’s spiritual. It’s been taken.

The fact is I am not having sex. But I feel absolutely ripe for the, what would you say? plucking?

Our focus needs to be less on what our legacy’s going to be or how we can control each other and more how we can give to each other.

A well adjusted person is one who makes the same mistake twice without getting nervous.

A lot of people like to do certain things, but they’re not that good at it. Keep going through the things that you like to do, until you find something that you actually seem to be extremely good at. It can be anything.

Prayer doesn’t just change things – it changes us. If we are diligent in seeking God, slowly and surely we become better people.

It’s very hard to find your own words – and you don’t actually exist until you have your own words.

Well, I was 29 years old when I came to the United States Senate, and I have learned a lot.

I don’t think human beings learn anything without desperation. Desperation is a necessary ingredient to learning anything or creating anything. Period. If you ain’t desperate at some point, you ain’t interesting.

He hoped and prayed that there wasn’t an afterlife. Then he realized there was a contradiction involved here and merely hoped that there wasn’t an afterlife.

Man is not the creature of circumstances, circumstances are the creatures of men. We are free agents, and man is more powerful than matter.

I’m crazy, but I’m not too crazy.

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

The human race is a race of cowards; and I am not only marching in that procession but carrying a banner.

It is a curious sensation: the sort of pain that goes mercifully beyond our powers of feeling. When your heart is broken, your boats are burned: nothing matters any more. It is the end of happiness and the beginning of peace.

When you love and accept yourself, when you know who really cares about you, and when you learn from your mistakes, then you stop caring about what people who don’t know you think.

Just try new things. Don’t be afraid. Step out of your comfort zones and soar, all right?

O, had I but followed the arts!

I sometimes think that God in creating man somewhat overestimated his ability.

I’d like to be known for more than being the guy in the big suit.

I think I mainly climb mountains because I get a great deal of enjoyment out of it. I never attempt to analyze these things too thoroughly, but I think that all mountaineers do get a great deal of satisfaction out of overcoming some challenge which they think is very difficult for them, or which perhaps may be a little dangerous.

We must be our own before we can be another’s.

Whenever I climb I am followed by a dog called ‚Ego‘.

You can be happy where you are.

I’m a big believer in doing things that make you uncomfortable. So, we live in a world where we want to be as comfortable as we can. And we wonder why we have no growth. We wonder why – when the smallest thing in our life gets difficult – we wonder why we cower and we run away.

The closest I ever came to getting married was just before I started singing. In fact, my first record saved my neck.

Entrepreneurs are natural problem-solvers, which means that we always have ideas for new businesses popping into our heads. Having a lot of options is great, but sometimes it can be hard to focus on one when you are keen to move onto the next.

When your higher self is present, it always promotes peace.

All the adversity I’ve had in my life, all my troubles and obstacles, have strengthened me… You may not realize it when it happens, but a kick in the teeth may be the best thing in the world for you.

A man’s growth is seen in the successive choirs of his friends.

One mustn’t close one’s eyes to difficulty and to shortcomings; the more one recognizes them, the less they upset one.

I soothe my conscience now with the thought that it is better for hard words to be on paper than that Mummy should carry them in her heart.

To enjoy good health, to bring true happiness to one’s family, to bring peace to all, one must first discipline and control one’s own mind. If a man can control his mind he can find the way to Enlightenment, and all wisdom and virtue will naturally come to him.

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

A man should always consider how much he has more than he wants.

Don’t tell your problems to people: eighty percent don’t care; and the other twenty percent are glad you have them.

Take the complications, rules, shoulds, musts, have tos, and so on out of your life. By uncomplicating your life and removing the trivial pursuits that occupy so much of it, you open a channel for the genius within you to emerge.

You may think it was a very little thing, and in these days it seems to me like a trifle, but it was a most important incident in my life. I could scarcely credit that I, the poor boy, had earned a dollar in less than a day; that by honest work, I had earned a dollar. I was a more hopeful and thoughtful boy from that time.

A wise man is cured of ambition by ambition itself; his aim is so exalted that riches, office, fortune and favour cannot satisfy him.

I want you to be everything that’s you, deep at the center of your being.

Personally, I’d like to see more of our leaders take a technocratic approach to solving our biggest problems.