Increase of material comforts, it may be generally laid down, does not in any way whatsoever conduce to moral growth.

Humility is not something that comes naturally. But it is a cardinal virtue that should be pursued more than any other.

A person who never made a mistake never tried anything new.

Almost every man wastes part of his life attempting to display qualities which he does not possess.

In my normal life I’m a very unadventurous person.

My powers are ordinary. Only my application brings me success.

I know I want to always do the best I can.

Nobody can ever say that being negative ever helped them at all – not in any way.

I really have no interest in myself.

You know, fame is a funny thing, man, especially, you know, actors, musicians, rappers, rock singers, it’s kind of a lifestyle and it’s easy to get caught up in it – you go to bars, you go to clubs, everyone’s doing a certain thing… It’s tough.

Knowledge will give you power, but character respect.

In so far as the mind is stronger than the body, so are the ills contracted by the mind more severe than those contracted by the body.

Most of us are about as eager to be changed as we were to be born, and go through our changes in a similar state of shock.

If you want to achieve something, you build the basis for it.

Science and mindfulness complement each other in helping people to eat well and maintain their health and well-being.

Only one who devotes himself to a cause with his whole strength and soul can be a true master. For this reason mastery demands all of a person.

The unassuming youth seeking instruction with humility gains good fortune.

Work harder on yourself than you do on your job.

Being happy is a matter of personal taste.

Well, we’re living in a material world, and I’m a material girl… or boy.

Changing your mind is probably one of the most beautiful things people can do. And I’ve changed my mind about a lot of things over the years.

Show me a man who lives alone and has a perpetually clean kitchen, and 8 times out of 9 I’ll show you a man with detestable spiritual qualities.

The more nobly a man wills and acts, the more avid he becomes for great and sublime aims to pursue. He will no longer be content with family, country, and the remunerative aspect of his work. He will want wider organisations to create, new paths to blaze, causes to uphold, truths to discover, an ideal to cherish and defend.

We have to rediscover the eternal values and then live them out.

I liked to write from the time I was about 12 or 13. I loved to read. And since I only spoke to my brother, I would write down my thoughts. And I think I wrote some of the worst poetry west of the Rockies. But by the time I was in my 20s, I found myself writing little essays and more poetry – writing at writing.

Of course it would be nice for everybody and myself if we could win but we can still have a personal or a team win if we achieve a target that is effectively a win for us.

If you’re living in your time, you cannot help but to write about the things that are important.

The authority you establish must emerge naturally from your character, from the particular strengths you possess.

Mindfulness practices enhance the connection between our body, our mind and everything else that is around us. Mindful living is the key to understanding our struggles with weight and to empowering us to control our weight.

Let it be your constant method to look into the design of people’s actions, and see what they would be at, as often as it is practicable; and to make this custom the more significant, practice it first upon yourself.

Exercise is bunk. If you are healthy, you don’t need it: if you are sick you should not take it.

Enjoyment is an incredible energizer to the human spirit.

When a person cannot deceive himself the chances are against his being able to deceive other people.

The best way to sell yourself to others is first to sell the others to yourself.

Man does not live by soap alone; and hygiene, or even health, is not much good unless you can take a healthy view of it or, better still, feel a healthy indifference to it.

Trust yourself. Create the kind of self that you will be happy to live with all your life. Make the most of yourself by fanning the tiny, inner sparks of possibility into flames of achievement.

Get action. Seize the moment. Man was never intended to become an oyster.

One of the things I realized is that if you do not take control over your time and your life, other people will gobble it up. If you don’t prioritize yourself, you constantly start falling lower and lower on your list, your kids fall lower and lower on your list.

The best security for civilization is the dwelling, and upon properly appointed and becoming dwellings depends, more than anything else, the improvement of mankind.

Being too good is apt to be uninteresting.

Is fear preventing you from taking action? Acknowledge the fear, watch it, take your attention into it, be fully present with it. Doing so cuts the link between the fear and your thinking. Don’t let the fear rise up into your mind. Use the power of the Now. Fear cannot prevail against it.

Man is not the sum of what he has already, but rather the sum of what he does not yet have, of what he could have.

‚Worry‘ is a word that I don’t allow myself to use.

The most important thing is to enjoy your life – to be happy – it’s all that matters.

I was always told as a child by my mother that you always have to be impeccable, even when you go to bed.

What you don’t do can be a destructive force.

I’ve actually not read any books on time management.

Luxury must be comfortable, otherwise it is not luxury.

When an inner situation is not made conscious, it appears outside as fate.

We all need people who will give us feedback. That’s how we improve.

Beauty is the promise of happiness.

Exercise is really important to me – it’s therapeutic. So if I’m ever feeling tense or stressed or like I’m about to have a meltdown, I’ll put on my iPod and head to the gym or out on a bike ride along Lake Michigan with the girls.

I feel 80% of my life is completely normal.

I think a certain amount of stress in life is good. The stress of just working, which takes effort – I think it keeps you going.

I am a good listener. I think that came from my schooling.

I don’t have a need for speed. I’m not that guy.

Only stupid people are changed by success.

Music is really driving my whole life.

Happiness depends upon ourselves.

I have a nice office. I have a nice house… So I’m not denying myself some great things. I just don’t happen to have expensive hobbies.

No one lives long enough to learn everything they need to learn starting from scratch. To be successful, we absolutely, positively have to find people who have already paid the price to learn the things that we need to learn to achieve our goals.