It is after all the greatest art to limit and isolate oneself.

In art, at a certain level, there is no ‚better than.‘ It’s just about trying to operate for yourself on the most supreme level, artistically, that you can and hoping that people get it.

When I let go of what I am, I become what I might be.

Nothing will work unless you do.

Don’t ever criticize yourself. Don’t go around all day long thinking, ‚I’m unattractive, I’m slow, I’m not as smart as my brother.‘ God wasn’t having a bad day when he made you… If you don’t love yourself in the right way, you can’t love your neighbour. You can’t be as good as you are supposed to be.

I’m all about evolution. I’m the first person to judge myself.

I don’t ever want to be caught up in a system of thinking I can do one thing ‚cos that’s just… that’s just telling yourself a lie.

We should purify our innate well of contentment – what a wonderful expression – and then external things will be in harmony with us.

Do whatever you will, but first be such as are able to will.

The final proof of greatness lies in being able to endure criticism without resentment.

If you choose to do something, attack it. You can hate me, but there’s one thing you can’t say about me – that I didn’t attack it.

If every day you practice walking and sitting meditation and generate the energy of mindfulness and concentration and peace, you are a cell in the body of the new Buddha. This is not a dream but is possible today and tomorrow.

Few things can help an individual more than to place responsibility on him, and to let him know that you trust him.

I had given up some youth for knowledge, but my gain was more valuable than the loss.

I really believe in the philosophy that you create your own universe. I’m just trying to create a good one for myself.

While musical experts of the world focus on what choir members can do, I would like to focus on what choir members can be.

Just try new things. Don’t be afraid. Step out of your comfort zones and soar, all right?

It doesn’t matter where you are coming from. All that matters is where you are going.

Be not a slave of words.

Precepts or maxims are of great weight; and a few useful ones on hand do more to produce a happy life than the volumes we can’t find.

Quality is not an act, it is a habit.

It is reasonable to have perfection in our eye that we may always advance toward it, though we know it can never be reached.

Difficulties should act as a tonic. They should spur us to greater exertion.

Let everyone try and find that as a result of daily prayer he adds something new to his life, something with which nothing can be compared.

The true artist is not proud: he unfortunately sees that art has no limits; he feels darkly how far he is from the goal, and though he may be admired by others, he is sad not to have reached that point to which his better genius only appears as a distant, guiding sun.

Most powerful is he who has himself in his own power.

I learned long ago, never to wrestle with a pig. You get dirty, and besides, the pig likes it.

Diplomacy is the art of saying ‚Nice doggie‘ until you can find a rock.

Nothing so needs reforming as other people’s habits.

Before we acquire great power we must acquire wisdom to use it well.

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

People can try to reinvent themselves. I don’t think you can really change who you are, though, because who you are is pretty much where you came from and what you’ve done up to now.

What you put into life is what you get out of it.

I liked school, but I used to dread those moments when the teacher would call me up to give an oral report. I forced myself to deal with it and not dwell on the class in front of me – to keep a straight face, give the report and concentrate on getting it right. That’s normally how I perform. That’s how I am.

It is my own firm belief that the strength of the soul grows in proportion as you subdue the flesh.

It’s very difficult to regulate yourself, and if you learn to do that, well, it starts to spill over.

I really have no interest in myself.

If you cannot do great things, do small things in a great way.

Your timeless self does not age and has no fear of the future. Contemplate your physical self and all its possessions, and practice laughing peacefully at it all.

I’m sure like everyone else I’m not always the happiest if I don’t do a good job in quali or the race or whatever, so I think beating myself up sometimes makes me work harder.

Remember, if you ever need a helping hand, it’s at the end of your arm, as you get older, remember you have another hand: The first is to help yourself, the second is to help others.

I knew I wasn’t going to be a rocket scientist – let’s not be fools – but I wasn’t going to be a bum.

Let everyone sweep in front of his own door, and the whole world will be clean.

Suppose that we are wise enough to learn and know – and yet not wise enough to control our learning and knowledge, so that we use it to destroy ourselves? Even if that is so, knowledge remains better than ignorance.

Tomorrow, every Fault is to be amended; but that Tomorrow never comes.

Don’t get older just to get wiser. If you get older, you will be wiser, I believe that – if you dare. But get older because it’s fun!

If you want to be a voice for peace in the world, begin by making peace a permanent condition of your own life.

I didn’t always have 14,000 people wanting to hang out with me on a Saturday night.

I stopped doing drugs when I was 20. I was finished with drugs before Nirvana even started.

Maybe some people can wake up and play PlayStation all day, but that’s never been me.

Art, like morality, consists in drawing the line somewhere.

Being too good is apt to be uninteresting.

He that wrestles with us strengthens our nerves and sharpens our skill. Our antagonist is our helper.

Adopt responsibility for your own well-being, try to put your family together, try to serve your community, try to seek for eternal truth… That’s the sort of thing that can ground you in your life, enough so that you can withstand the difficulty of life.

People suffer because they are caught in their views. As soon as we release those views, we are free and we don’t suffer anymore.

I think one’s feelings waste themselves in words; they ought all to be distilled into actions which bring results.

Shun no toil to make yourself remarkable by some talent or other; yet do not devote yourself to one branch exclusively. Strive to get clear notions about all. Give up no science entirely; for science is but one.

I was never particularly fond of my voice.

What one has to do usually can be done.

I hold that while man exists, it is his duty to improve not only his own condition, but to assist in ameliorating mankind.

There is only one failure in life possible, and that is not to be true to the best one knows.