Is pride, the never-failing vice of fools.

The most common lie is that which one lies to himself; lying to others is relatively an exception.

The people who truly know me know what I’m like. There have been people who try to say things that aren’t fair, and I check them. And then they don’t like me because I checked them.

Certainly I’m not going to sit on the Internet all day and read what Sam from Iowa is saying about me. But I’m a sponge. I’ve always been a sponge.

Self-talk, for me, has been the biggest thing in my life. A lot of us have a dialogue that is crap. It’s a crappy dialogue. We live in a world right now that is very external. Everything is very on the surface. Superficial. Everything. And what we’re telling ourselves is what we see on TV.

The best author will be the one who is ashamed to become a writer.

For everyone who exalts himself will be humbled, and everyone who humbles himself will be exalted.

As soon as man does not take his existence for granted, but beholds it as something unfathomably mysterious, thought begins.

Use your health, even to the point of wearing it out. That is what it is for. Spend all you have before you die; do not outlive yourself.

True self is non-self, the awareness that the self is made only of non-self elements. There’s no separation between self and other, and everything is interconnected. Once you are aware of that you are no longer caught in the idea that you are a separate entity.

I learned that very often the most intolerant and narrow-minded people are the ones who congratulate themselves on their tolerance and open-mindedness.

Avoid having your ego so close to your position that when your position falls, your ego goes with it.

I thought it completely absurd to mention my name in the same breath as the presidency.

The infinitely little have a pride infinitely great.

Why does your mind conform? Have you ever asked? Are you aware that you are conforming to a pattern? It doesn’t matter what that pattern is, whether you have established a pattern for yourself or it has been established for you.

My grandfather was smart and had a whole lot of pride. He didn’t speak a terrible amount, but you could tell there was a ton on his mind – like a quiet acceptance of how life had turned out.

In one way, I suppose, I have been ‚in denial‘ for some time, knowingly burning the candle at both ends and finding that it often gives a lovely light.

There’s certainly a side of me that isn’t completely… sane. Or completely ‚even‘ all the time. We all have our dark sides.

I tend to overthink things. I’m not the guy who screams ‚This is a world smash!‘ when I finish a song.

Disciplining yourself to do what you know is right and important, although difficult, is the highroad to pride, self-esteem, and personal satisfaction.

The question of whether or not there is a God or truth or reality or whatever you like to call it, can never be answered by books, by priests, philosopher’s or saviours. Nobody and nothing can answer the question but you yourself, and that is why you must know yourself – Immaturity lies only in total ignorance of self.

The reason why I am proud of my part in the punk movement is that I think it really did implant a message that was already there. The hippies told it to me, but punk made it something cool for people to stand up for, which is that we do not believe government, that we are against government.

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.

I think my worst problem is actually living in the moment and understanding everything that’s going on. I feel like I’m in my own bubble.

If you live only in one culture for the first 20 years of your life, you become conditioned without knowing it.

The man who is aware of himself is henceforward independent; and he is never bored, and life is only too short, and he is steeped through and through with a profound yet temperate happiness.

I knew that I was ‚interesting‘ at 18 because I was aware that I could get away with doing things on stage.

I’ve watched a lot of people who became famous who completely change and I think it’s because they tend to believe all the hype that’s out there. I don’t think there’s that much hype about me.

I have total recall. I remember being born. I remember being in the womb, I remember being inside. Coming out was great.

I mean, when you grow up in the inner city and you grow up in a single-parent household, that’s – those are humbling times, you know?

Upon the creatures we have made, we are, ourselves, at last, dependent.

When you look at the sun during your walking meditation, the mindfulness of the body helps you to see that the sun is in you; without the sun there is no life at all and suddenly you get in touch with the sun in a different way.

Never say anything about yourself you do not want to come true.

No man should escape our universities without knowing how little he knows.

Sometimes I think it would be easier to avoid old age, to die young, but then you’d never complete your life, would you? You’d never wholly know you.

Jesus is the God whom we can approach without pride and before whom we can humble ourselves without despair.

Nobody can give you wiser advice than yourself.

When your higher self is present, it always promotes peace.

One cannot violate the promptings of one’s nature without having that nature recoil upon itself.

Analysis is like a lobotomy. Who wants to have all their edges shaved off?

The proper study of Man is anything but Man; and the most improper job of any man, even saints (who at any rate were at least unwilling to take it on), is bossing other men. Not one in a million is fit for it, and least of all those who seek the opportunity.

We choose what attitudes we have right now. And it’s a continuing choice.

True praise comes often even to the lowly; false praise only to the strong.

I do love the films I’ve done in the past. I work hard in my movies and my friends work hard and we’re trying to make people laugh and I’m very proud of that.

I’m the most stubborn person I know.

Noble deeds that are concealed are most esteemed.

We are America, second to none, and we own the finish line. Don’t forget it.

Do you wish people to think well of you? Don’t speak well of yourself.

You carry Mother Earth within you. She is not outside of you. Mother Earth is not just your environment.

I’m not talent. Not considered ‚talent‘ by Lifetime. I’d like to say I’m their savior, but that would be cocky.

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

Meditation is a state of mind which looks at everything with complete attention, totally, not just parts of it. And no one can teach you how to be attentive. If any system teaches you how to be attentive, then you are attentive to the system, and that is not attention.

Make the most of yourself, for that is all there is of you.

A man does not know what he is saying until he knows what he is not saying.

The Scoutmaster who is a hero to his boys holds a powerful lever to their development but at the same time brings a great responsibility on himself. They are quick enough to see the smallest characteristic about him, whether it be a virtue or a vice.

If there is only one thing in my life that I am proud of, it’s that I’ve never been a kept woman.

Catering to bad feelings feeds and empowers them.

Who looks outside, dreams; who looks inside, awakes.

I’ve realized that being happy is a choice. You never want to rub anybody the wrong way or not be fun to be around, but you have to be happy. When I get logical and I don’t trust my instincts – Thats when I get in trouble.

It’s human nature to blame someone else for your shortcomings or upsets.

I’m considered wise, and sometimes I see myself as knowing. Most of the time, I see myself as wanting to know. And I see myself as a very interested person. I’ve never been bored in my life.