If you have the chance to be exposed to a loving, understanding environment where the seed of compassion, loving kindness, can be watered every day, then you become a more loving person.

And thou wilt give thyself relief, if thou doest every act of thy life as if it were the last.

There are a lot of things I never did, because I believe in watching those true Hollywood stories and I see how easy it is to lose track of your life.

Never do things others can do and will do if there are things others cannot do or will not do.

I want to solidify as an artist and show that as I grow as a person and make mistakes and learn from them, I’m going to grow artistically.

If you have an enemy, then learn and know your enemy, don’t just be mad at him or her.

Who had deceived thee so often as thyself?

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.

A man, as a general rule, owes very little to what he is born with – a man is what he makes of himself.

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 do not know what I may appear to the world; but to myself, I seem to have been only like a boy playing on the seashore, and diverting myself now and then in finding a smoother pebble or prettier shell than ordinary, while the great ocean of truth lay all undiscovered before me.

The line between failure and success is so fine that we scarcely know when we pass it: so fine that we are often on the line and do not know it.

I think a number of the leaders are, whether you like it or not, in the hip-hop generation. And when they understand enough, they’ll do wonders. I count on them.

If I make a fool of myself, who cares? I’m not frightened by anyone’s perception of me.

Returning to your family and where you came from, and your history… this is what makes you strong. It’s not looking out that’s going to do that – it’s looking in.

We are dying from overthinking. We are slowly killing ourselves by thinking about everything. Think. Think. Think. You can never trust the human mind anyway. It’s a death trap.

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

The best cure for the body is a quiet mind.

Do what you can, with what you have, where you are.

Meditation helps me to calm down.

It’s certainly not wrong to want to be a better person. God gave us that desire.

Honesty is the first chapter in the book of wisdom.

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

A friend is one who knows you and loves you just the same.

The light which puts out our eyes is darkness to us. Only that day dawns to which we are awake. There is more day to dawn. The sun is but a morning star.

I used to meditate all the time in bed. That was when I was raising my daughter, and I’d get her up and off to school, and then I would go back to bed and meditate. And then I would do the same in the evening, and that was very good for that period because I had so many things to juggle as a single mother.

It is more difficult to rule yourself than to rule a city.

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

If you abandon the present moment, you cannot live the moments of your daily life deeply.

I am radically, insanely, nutty in love with Jesus!

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

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.

He best keeps from anger who remembers that God is always looking upon him.

The greatest and most important problems of life are all fundamentally insoluble. They can never be solved but only outgrown.

Choose your life’s mate carefully. From this one decision will come 90 percent of all your happiness or misery.

I’m much healthier now.

I just got to feel that whoever I marry has some real regard for me.

The reason children accept discipline from their parents is because they know their parents love them.

God is more interested in your future and your relationships than you are.

I’ve been reckless, but I’m not a rebel without a cause.

One should always be in love. That is the reason one should never marry.

When a man has once loved a woman he will do anything for her except continue to love her.

I should like to lie at your feet and die in your arms.

I think that when you’re making your way up in the music industry, you have all these heroes and the reasons why they are your heroes. As soon as you get into the industry, your guidelines change a little bit. For me, my heroes now are great people first and great artists second.

When I understand myself, I understand you, and out of that understanding comes love.

I don’t follow all the 48 laws. Like, I’ve never crushed anyone totally.

I have learned that I really do have discipline, self-control, and patience. But they were given to me as a seed, and it’s up to me to choose to develop them.

Thinking is a wonderful tool if it’s applied. Thinking, however, can not become the master. Thinking is a very bad master. If you’re dominated by thinking then your life becomes very restricted.

Oh, you weak, beautiful people who give up with such grace. What you need is someone to take hold of you – gently, with love, and hand your life back to you.

Yeah, I like to keep myself interested – I’ll kind of throw myself into some area that I don’t completely know or understand, that I’m not adept at, so I’m forced to swim in order to stay afloat. There’s a good feeling that comes from that.

Growing old has been the greatest surprise of my life.

As far as men go, it is not what they are that interests me, but what they can become.

My mission in life is not merely to survive, but to thrive; and to do so with some passion, some compassion, some humor, and some style.

What is the appropriate behavior for a man or a woman in the midst of this world, where each person is clinging to his piece of debris? What’s the proper salutation between people as they pass each other in this flood?

Practice yourself, for heaven’s sake in little things, and then proceed to greater.

Do the thing we fear, and death of fear is certain.

The heart is forever inexperienced.

Most ignorance is vincible ignorance. We don’t know because we don’t want to know.

Love alone is capable of uniting living beings in such a way as to complete and fulfill them, for it alone takes them and joins them by what is deepest in themselves.

An idea, like a ghost, must be spoken to a little before it will explain itself.

Each day brings opportunity for decisions for eternity.