I would never exchange my life with anybody else’s.

Happiness can exist only in acceptance.

I try to live what I teach. A lot of things come against us in life, but we should try to find something to be grateful for, and see each day as a gift.

I am happy and I’m single.

I certainly know that I would not be able to survive if it were not for the fact that I am being upheld by the prayers of so many people.

Right now I’m just delighted to be alive and to have had a nice long bath.

Over the holidays, and even during filming, I realized that I actually like my body, even if it’s not perfect according to the book. I just feel sexy. For the first time, I don’t want to get rid of the curves. I just want to tone it up. My body is comfortable, and it’s not unhealthy, so I’m going to rock with it.

For me, the opposite of scarcity is not abundance. It’s enough. I’m enough. My kids are enough.

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.

Love other human beings as you would love yourself.

Hip-hop is ever changing but you’ll always have the pack. And you’ll always have those people who are separated from the pack.

I’ve been really, really fortunate.

I’m at peace with what I’m doing, I feel good with what I wake up doing and about my lifestyle.

This has always been my life and no one else’s, and that’s how it’s always been since the day I came in it.

I have never given adoration to any body except myself.

We are second-hand people. We have lived on what we have been told, either guided by our inclinations, our tendencies, or compelled to accept by circumstances and environment. We are the result of all kinds of influences, and there is nothing new in us, nothing that we have discovered for ourselves: nothing original, pristine, clear.

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

I wouldn’t be here today if it were not for the NHS. I have received a large amount of high-quality treatment without which I would not have survived.

For all the supporters of Tesla over the years, and it’s been several years now and there have been some very tough times, I’d just like to say thank you very much. I deeply appreciate the support, particularly through the darkest times.

I thank God I’m myself and for the life I’m given to live and for friends and lovers and beloveds, and I thank God for knowing that all those people have already paid for me.

The fortune which nobody sees makes a person happy and unenvied.

Personality is everything in art and poetry.

I believe in believing. My coach John Kavanagh is a big atheist, and he is always trying to persuade people to his way of thinking, and I think, ‚What a waste of energy.‘ If people want to believe in this god or that god, that’s fine by me; believe away. But I think we can be our own gods. I believe in myself.

It is not love that should be depicted as blind, but self-love.

If you have fear, you are bound by tradition, you follow some leader or guru. When you are bound by tradition, when you are afraid of your husband or your wife, you lose your dignity as an individual human being.

The shoe that fits one person pinches another; there is no recipe for living that suits all cases.

Rituals are important. Nowadays it’s hip not to be married. I’m not interested in being hip.

My style has always been my own, just like my flow and style.

Give a man health and a course to steer, and he’ll never stop to trouble about whether he’s happy or not.

Resistance to the organized mass can be effected only by the man who is as well organized in his individuality as the mass itself.

You stand out in the crowd only because you have these many, many carrying you on their shoulders.

Would you believe in what you believe in if you were the only one who believed it?

The older I get, the better I understand that every day is a gift.

God gave us the gift of life; it is up to us to give ourselves the gift of living well.

Once you appreciate one of your blessings, one of your senses, your sense of hearing, then you begin to respect the sense of seeing and touching and tasting, you learn to respect all the senses.

I am who I am. That’s why my friends and peers respect and appreciate me. I don’t change or cater my actions to fit my surroundings. I’m myself 24/7. People appreciate that.

In this big ball of people, I’m just one grain of sand on this beach.

I always was a rich person because money’s not related to happiness.

Take care to get what you like or you will be forced to like what you get.

I care very deeply about the people at Tesla. I feel like I have a great debt to the people of Tesla who are making the company successful.

I’m not one icon. I’m every icon. I’m an icon that is made out of all the colors on the palette at every time. I have no restrictions. No restrictions.

For me, being raised in a free America made all the difference.

Applause is a receipt, not a bill.

The answer I found is you stay away from the people who make fun of you, and you join these ad hoc groups who understand your craziness.

I love life because what more is there?

As we grow old, the beauty steals inward.

It’s normal for human beings to identify with their own separate self. The problem is that we get caught in that notion of ourself as a separate individual and caught in that individual self’s agenda.

It is the greatest of all advantages to enjoy no advantage at all.

He that has done you a kindness will be more ready to do you another, than he whom you yourself have obliged.

Health is the greatest gift, contentment the greatest wealth, faithfulness the best relationship.

If all misfortunes were laid in one common heap whence everyone must take an equal portion, most people would be contented to take their own and depart.

I have often wondered how it is that every man loves himself more than all the rest of men, but yet sets less value on his own opinions of himself than on the opinions of others.

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.

I hope that tomorrow we can all, wherever we are, join in expressing our grief at Diana’s loss, and gratitude for her all-too-short life. It is a chance to show to the whole world the British nation united in grief and respect.

I don’t have much positive to say about motor neurone disease. But it taught me not to pity myself because others were worse off, and to get on with what I could still do.

The saddest thing I can imagine is to get used to luxury.

Never take anything for granted.

When I look back on my life as a whole, it is impossible for me not to feel blessed.

I’m so happy because today I found my friends – they’re in my head.

I don’t have to chase extraordinary moments to find happiness – it’s right in front of me if I’m paying attention and practicing gratitude.

It’s very unnatural to be someone for so many people. But of course it’s very nice.