I’m trying to keep a level head. You have to be careful out in the world. It’s so easy to get turned.

I have the true feeling of myself only when I am unbearably unhappy.

Keeping score is for games, not friendships.

And above all things, never think that you’re not good enough yourself. A man should never think that. My belief is that in life people will take you at your own reckoning.

A scholar who cherishes the love of comfort is not fit to be deemed a scholar.

I do suffer from depression, I suppose. Which isn’t that unusual. You know, a lot of people do.

The more you live in the present moment, the more the fear of death disappears.

Your success and happiness lies in you. Resolve to keep happy, and your joy and you shall form an invincible host against difficulties.

Real riches are the riches possessed inside.

What is needed, rather than running away or controlling or suppressing or any other resistance, is understanding fear; that means, watch it, learn about it, come directly into contact with it. We are to learn about fear, not how to escape from it.

Someone told me something that stuck with me: ‚You have to envision your life, and then go backwards.‘ I’ve been living by that motto for a while, so I see where I need to be. Now I’m just backtracking and trying to get back up there.

The fewer the words, the better the prayer.

I think that I’m perfect.

Listening has importance only when one is not projecting one’s own desires through which one listens.

I continuously go further and further learning about my own limitations, my body limitation, psychological limitations. It’s a way of life for me.

I think Buddhism should open the door of psychology and healing to penetrate more easily into the Western world.

Life is about growing and improving and getting better.

Ah! yes, I know: those who see me rarely trust my word: I must look too intelligent to keep it.

The greatest discovery of my generation is that a human being can alter his life by altering his attitudes.

Has this world been so kind to you that you should leave with regret? There are better things ahead than any we leave behind.

I had no talent for science. What was infinitely worse: all my fraternity brothers were engineers.

Learn from yesterday, live for today, hope for tomorrow. The important thing is not to stop questioning.

In all affairs it’s a healthy thing now and then to hang a question mark on the things you have long taken for granted.

Be content with what you are, and wish not change; nor dread your last day, nor long for it.

Catering to bad feelings feeds and empowers them.

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

To do the same thing over and over again is not only boredom: it is to be controlled by rather than to control what you do.

I kept a diary right after I was born. Day 1: Tired from the move. Day 2: Everyone thinks I’m an idiot.

Peace in the world starts with peace in oneself. If everyone lives mindfully, everyone will be more healthy, feel more fulfilled in their daily lives and there will be more peace.

It may be hard for an egg to turn into a bird: it would be a jolly sight harder for it to learn to fly while remaining an egg. We are like eggs at present. And you cannot go on indefinitely being just an ordinary, decent egg. We must be hatched or go bad.

The only difference between Benito and Bad Bunny is 16 million followers on Instagram. And the money that Bad Bunny has in the bank. Benito had, like, $7. The numbers are different, but I’m still the same. Even my insecurities remain the same.

Things that I felt absolutely sure of but a few years ago, I do not believe now. This thought makes me see more clearly how foolish it would be to expect all men to agree with me.

Never invoke the gods unless you really want them to appear. It annoys them very much.

You can retire from a job, but don’t ever retire from making extremely meaningful contributions in life.

If what you did yesterday seems big, you haven’t done anything today.

An employer of mine back in the ’80s was kind enough to take me on after a rough patch, and it made a big difference in my life that I knew I was the sort of person who showed up on time. It’s a basic tell of character.

I like to let things breathe.

We should not fret for what is past, nor should we be anxious about the future; men of discernment deal only with the present moment.

I guess every single word I’ve ever said is going to be dissected now.

No one gossips about other people’s secret virtues.

No matter how dull, or how mean, or how wise a man is, he feels that happiness is his indisputable right.

Love is an interesting thing. Perhaps I’ve never been in love before – I don’t really know? I think I have. I guess it’s subjective in that way.

What most persons consider as virtue, after the age of 40 is simply a loss of energy.

Everybody should do at least two things each day that he hates to do, just for practice.

No one can make you feel inferior without your consent.

Life is too short for long-term grudges.

I look like a casual, laid-back guy, but it’s like a circus in my head.

I don’t blame the average seventeen-year-old punk-rock kid for calling me a sellout. I understand that. And maybe when they grow up a little bit, they’ll realize there’s more things to life than living out your rock & roll identity so righteously.

A man can be himself only so long as he is alone, and if he does not love solitude, he will not love freedom, for it is only when he is alone that he is really free.

The fact that you are willing to say, ‚I do not understand, and it is fine,‘ is the greatest understanding you could exhibit.

It is hard sometimes to always be at the centre of attention, but when you talk about me you also have to talk about the climate.

Do not look for approval except for the consciousness of doing your best.

My confidence is easy to shake. I am very well aware of all of my flaws. I am aware of all the insecurities that I have.

I used to go away for weeks in a state of confusion.

Sometimes I lose my temper.

Whatever is begun in anger ends in shame.

The beginning of compunction is the beginning of a new life.

People have so many hang-ups about how other people live their lives. People always want to keep you in a little box, or they need to label you and fix you in time and location.

Our necessities never equal our wants.

He was so depressed, he tried to commit suicide by inhaling next to an Armenian.

I think for my bones and my size, I better stay with my 60 kilo.