In this business, by the time you realize you’re in trouble, it’s too late to save yourself. Unless you’re running scared all the time, you’re gone.

But I’ll tell you what hermits realize. If you go off into a far, far forest and get very quiet, you’ll come to understand that you’re connected with everything.

It’s different from being 21 and you think there’s endless amount of opportunities. At 33, the ending is much, much closer.

The conscience can be a strong guide in life if we allow it.

I prefer tongue-tied knowledge to ignorant loquacity.

One thing is certain in business. You and everyone around you will make mistakes.

I have practically no private life. I’m already used to this and ready for it. Yes, sometimes it is hard, but it is the choice I made.

In oneself lies the whole world and if you know how to look and learn, the door is there and the key is in your hand. Nobody on earth can give you either the key or the door to open, except yourself.

We shall require a substantially new manner of thinking if mankind is to survive.

No one has a greater asset for his business than a man’s pride in his work.

I’m almost like three people. There’s me the, Dolly, the person. There’s me, the star. And then there’s me, the manager.

Only he is successful in his business who makes that pursuit which affords him the highest pleasure sustain him.

I do believe in the energy and the productivity of the American business world.

I’m not generally a sensitive person, but I tend to be more sensitive toward others and what they’re going through. I don’t know if that’s the healthiest thing, but it’s the truth.

To complain is always nonacceptance of what is. It invariably carries an unconscious negative charge. When you complain, you make yourself into a victim. When you speak out, you are in your power. So change the situation by taking action or by speaking out if necessary or possible; leave the situation or accept it. All else is madness.

I nearly failed when Virgin was in its infancy; I nearly failed in the early 1980s, and, of course, I have nearly died more than once trying to achieve a world record for boating or ballooning. But through a combination of luck and planning, both Virgin and I are still here.

Man’s task is to become conscious of the contents that press upward from the unconscious.

As long as the people don’t fear the truth, there is hope. For once they fear it, the one who tells it doesn’t stand a chance. And today, truth is still beautiful… but so frightening.

Foreigners don’t want to invest any more in France – and this is not working.

Of course, like anybody I repeat myself endlessly, but I don’t know that I’m doing it, usually.

Part of the reason that our politics seems so tough right now and facts and science and argument does not seem to be winning the day all the time is because we’re hardwired not to always think clearly when we’re scared. And the country’s scared.

A divorce is like an amputation: you survive it, but there’s less of you.

When a man wants to murder a tiger he calls it sport; when a tiger wants to murder him he calls it ferocity.

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.

It is not he who reviles or strikes you who insults you, but your opinion that these things are insulting.

A fanatic is a man who consciously over compensates a secret doubt.

When you smoke the herb, it reveals you to yourself.

Having a child, that’s always been my biggest fear. I want a child and I fear a child.

I’ve always felt quite singular, even as a child. That I must stay on track to keep my purpose.

Buddhism teaches us not to try to run away from suffering. You have to confront suffering. You have to look deeply into the nature of suffering in order to recognize its cause, the making of the suffering.

Percentage margins don’t matter. What matters always is dollar margins: the actual dollar amount. Companies are valued not on their percentage margins, but on how many dollars they actually make, and a multiple of that.

Every man can tell how many goats or sheep he possesses, but not how many friends.

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

Well, I think we tried very hard not to be overconfident, because when you get overconfident, that’s when something snaps up and bites you.

I sometimes ask people, ‚Can you be aware of your own presence? Not the thoughts that you’re having, not the emotions that you’re having, but the very presence of your very being?‘ You become aware of your own presence by sensing the entire energy field in your body that is alive. And that is the totality of your presence.

Luck is a very thin wire between survival and disaster, and not many people can keep their balance on it.

I am what time, circumstance, history, have made of me, certainly, but I am also, much more than that. So are we all.

We are taught you must blame your father, your sisters, your brothers, the school, the teachers – but never blame yourself. It’s never your fault. But it’s always your fault, because if you wanted to change you’re the one who has got to change.

The doorstep to the temple of wisdom is a knowledge of our own ignorance.

There’s only one corner of the universe you can be certain of improving, and that’s your own self.

People are terrified of me, and I want them to be.

There are phases in life which surface at times, and it makes you understand that despite you working hard, everything what you are doing is probably not enough. That’s when you need to look around, and beyond.

Success is always dangerous, and we need to be alert and avoid becoming the victims of our own success. Will we influence the world for Christ, or will the world influence us?

We do not know what we want and yet we are responsible for what we are – that is the fact.

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

It is a fine thing to have ability, but the ability to discover ability in others is the true test.

There is none made so great, but he may both need the help and service, and stand in fear of the power and unkindness, even of the meanest of mortals.

The Canteen Boy, the reason you feel bad for him and you can laugh is because he, and I guess a lot of my characters, they don’t notice they’re getting made fun of. So they’ll say something back that’s not that great a quip, but in their mind they won the argument.

We are not angry with people we fear or respect, as long as we fear or respect them; you cannot be afraid of a person and also at the same time angry with him.

If you or I fail at business, we fail. If we cheat and fail, we go to jail. But if you’re rich and politically connected, your incompetence may be protected by a government bailout.

Disneyland is a work of love. We didn’t go into Disneyland just with the idea of making money.

Whoever despises himself nonetheless respects himself as one who despises.

I was born with a great gift, and sometimes with that comes a destructive streak.

For a long time, I thought I was ugly and disfigured. This made me shy and timid, and I often reacted to insults that were not intended.

No man likes to have his intelligence or good faith questioned, especially if he has doubts about it himself.

I’m the most stubborn person I know.

You may be educated abroad, you may be a great scientist, politician, but you always have a sneaking fear that if you don’t go to temples or do the ordinary things that you have been told to do, something evil might happen, so you conform. What happens to the mind that conforms? Investigate it, please.

Individuals need to be willing to face truth about their attitudes, behaviors, even what we want out of life.

No nation was ever ruined by trade.

People become attached to their burdens sometimes more than the burdens are attached to them.

He who knows others is wise. He who knows himself is enlightened.