I was called really horrible, profane names very loudly in front of huge crowds of people, and my schoolwork suffered at one point.

I am in my own head most of the time.

I’m going to stay active as long as I can politically, and with the Carter Center primarily, and if I’m able mentally and physically, will continue to be quite active.

Whenever the speech is corrupted so is the mind.

When people do not respect us we are sharply offended; yet in his private heart no man much respects himself.

There is no austerity equal to a balanced mind, and there is no happiness equal to contentment; there is no disease like covetousness, and no virtue like mercy.

The greatest remedy for anger is delay.

Jealousy… is a mental cancer.

Don’t ever criticize yourself. Don’t go around all day long thinking, ‚I’m unattractive, I’m slow, I’m not as smart as my brother.‘ God wasn’t having a bad day when he made you… If you don’t love yourself in the right way, you can’t love your neighbour. You can’t be as good as you are supposed to be.

To live is to think.

I’ve been called a moron since I was about four. My father called me a moron. My grandfather said I was a moron. And a lot of times when I’m driving, I hear I’m a moron. I like being a moron.

Meditation is a great way to keep my body well-centered while juggling shooting schedules and recording sessions.

Fantasy is an exercise bicycle for the mind. It might not take you anywhere, but it tones up the muscles that can. Of course, I could be wrong.

Our brains are either our greatest assets or our greatest liabilities.

O! Let me not be mad, not mad, sweet heaven; keep me in temper; I would not be mad!

A fit body gives you confidence. And there’s nothing more impressive than a great attitude, which you can wear on your sleeve. But you’ll have to remember the difference between being rude and being confident.

One good thing about acting in film is that it’s good therapy.

The best cure for the body is a quiet mind.

With fame, you know, you can read about yourself, somebody else’s ideas about you, but what’s important is how you feel about yourself – for survival and living day to day with what comes up.

The passive aggressive arguer comes armed with tricky tactics. They cannot take the risk that they might be wrong: their self-esteem is too intertwined with their opinions. It is more important to affirm their rightness, and sense of superiority, than to arrive at the truth.

The willow which bends to the tempest, often escapes better than the oak which resists it; and so in great calamities, it sometimes happens that light and frivolous spirits recover their elasticity and presence of mind sooner than those of a loftier character.

But for my faith in God, I should have been a raving maniac.

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

How much pain they have cost us, the evils which have never happened.

There’s a schizoid streak within the family anyway so I dare say that I’m affected by that. The majority of the people in my family have been in some kind of mental institution, as for my brother he doesn’t want to leave. He likes it very much.

Self-talk, for me, has been the biggest thing in my life. A lot of us have a dialogue that is crap. It’s a crappy dialogue. We live in a world right now that is very external. Everything is very on the surface. Superficial. Everything. And what we’re telling ourselves is what we see on TV.

Having a bunch of cats around is good. If you’re feeling bad, you just look at the cats, you’ll feel better because they know that everything is just as it is. There’s nothing to get excited about. They just know. They’re saviours.

I don’t digest things with my mind.

For me, there have been times when an action movie, even a ‚Tomb Raider,‘ has helped me get out of myself and be physical again. It’s like therapy.

I think it’s OK to be confident in yourself.

Americans are far more remarkable than we give ourselves credit for. We’ve been so busy damning ourselves for years. We’ve done it all, and yet we don’t take credit for it.

In fact, my courage and my bravery at a young age was the thing I was bullied for, a kind of ‚Who do you think you are?‘

Drag your thoughts away from your troubles… by the ears, by the heels, or any other way you can manage it.

I got teased my entire school life. What they were picking on I don’t even understand.

There is nothing that wastes the body like worry, and one who has any faith in God should be ashamed to worry about anything whatsoever.

Silence speaks so much louder than screaming tantrums. Never give anyone an excuse to say that you’re crazy.

If I panic, everyone else panics.

The reason why worry kills more people than work is that more people worry than work.

Whenever I make music, it reflects where I’m at mentally.

I just think it’s so important not to take yourself too seriously.

If you’re serious, you really understand that it’s important that you laugh as much as possible and admit that you’re the funniest person you ever met. You have to laugh. Admit that you’re funny. Otherwise, you die in solemnity.

I’m perpetually lonely.

Chefs are nutters. They’re all self-obsessed, delicate, dainty, insecure little souls and absolute psychopaths. Every last one of them.

Fear doesn’t exist anywhere except in the mind.

I guess there is nothing that will get your mind off everything like golf. I have never been depressed enough to take up the game, but they say you get so sore at yourself you forget to hate your enemies.

I think that’s why I put my energy into making music. That’s how I get my thoughts out, instead of being crazy all the time.

Honestly, I could care less about other people’s opinions about me.

When dealing with the insane, the best method is to pretend to be sane.

Nine men in ten are would be suicides.

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.

There’s no substitute for the practice of meditation.

We cannot live being obsessed with what other people think about us. It’s impossible to live like that. Not even God managed to please the entire world.

You might be tough, but you can only be so tough for so long, you know what I mean? The brain can only take so much damage. The body can only take so much damage.

Women in particular need to keep an eye on their physical and mental health, because if we’re scurrying to and from appointments and errands, we don’t have a lot of time to take care of ourselves. We need to do a better job of putting ourselves higher on our own ‚to do‘ list.

We humans have lost the wisdom of genuinely resting and relaxing. We worry too much. We don’t allow our bodies to heal, and we don’t allow our minds and hearts to heal.

One of the first signs of the beginning of understanding is the wish to die.

When people are very damaged, they can often meet the world with a kind of defiance.

I’m the only person of distinction who has ever had a depression named for him.

I love people talking about me; I love anybody just looking at me.

Deprived of meaningful work, men and women lose their reason for existence; they go stark, raving mad.

Before you start a goal – let’s take care of our insecurities because they are going to surface when you put yourself in the crucible and you’re suffering.