It were a real increase of human happiness, could all young men from the age of nineteen be covered under barrels, or rendered otherwise invisible; and there left to follow their lawful studies and callings, till they emerged, sadder and wiser, at the age of twenty-five.

I still have mixed feelings about what growing up is – this thing that happens to everyone, so I’ve heard.

Education must provide the opportunities for self-fulfillment; it can at best provide a rich and challenging environment for the individual to explore, in his own way.

If you want to shine like a sun, first burn like a sun.

The greatest mistake we make is living in constant fear that we will make one.

I was so ashamed of who I was.

Men are born ignorant, not stupid. They are made stupid by education.

Life’s too short to hang out with people who aren’t resourceful.

You can’t put your feet on the ground until you’ve touched the sky.

People who don’t know the true character of God – who don’t believe He is merciful, gracious and slow to anger – can never have a close, personal, intimate relationship with Him.

In truth, I did enjoy the benefits of a Harvard connection.

I’m not concerned with people seeing me in a certain way. Some people see me as a kid, some people see me as an adult. But I’m seriously not going to complain how anybody sees me, as long as they see me.

You learn a lot in life but there are a lot of tools and resources in school that help you grow professionally and personally for whatever goal you may want to achieve.

I restore myself when I’m alone.

I am more afraid of my own heart than of the pope and all his cardinals. I have within me the great pope, Self.

There are some cases in which the sense of injury breeds not the will to inflict injuries and climb over them as a ladder, but a hatred of all injury.

We are what we pretend to be, so we must be careful what we pretend to be.

I am who I am today because of my mother.

Your life is like a play with several acts. Some of the characters who enter have short roles to play, others, much larger. Some are villains and others are good guys. But all of them are necessary; otherwise, they wouldn’t be in the play. Embrace them all, and move on to the next act.

We are not living in a world where all roads are radii of a circle and where all, if followed long enough, will therefore draw gradually nearer and finally meet at the centre: rather in a world where every road, after a few miles, forks into two, and each of those into two again, and at each fork, you must make a decision.

The nobler a man, the harder it is for him to suspect inferiority in others.

Educators take something simple and make it complicated. Communicators take something complicated and make it simple.

The closest I ever came to getting married was just before I started singing. In fact, my first record saved my neck.

I think I’ve got wiser.

Be sure you put your feet in the right place, then stand firm.

The proper function of man is to live, not to exist. I shall not waste my days in trying to prolong them. I shall use my time.

A little learning is a dangerous thing, but we must take that risk because a little is as much as our biggest heads can hold.

I’ve arrived at the place if I’m not taking a career risk, I’m not happy. If I’m scared, then I know I’m being challenged.

My public is growing up just as I am. After all, I’m not 19 anymore and if I stick with the sex bit, who will be paying to see me when I’m 50?

For me, money is not my definition of success. Inspiring people is a definition of success.

When the negative thoughts come – and they will; they come to all of us – it’s not enough to just not dwell on it… You’ve got to replace it with a positive thought.

I have a terrifying long list of fears. Literally everything – diseases, spiders… and people getting tired of me.

I was a class clown. At 12, I was definitely clowning. I was making all the jokes. But I was smart, so the teachers didn’t know what to do with me.

I’ve always kinda been a little outcast myself, a little oddball, doin‘ my thing, my own way. And it’s been hard for me to, to be accepted, certainly in the early years of my life.

Do what you can, with what you have, where you are.

Excellence encourages one about life generally; it shows the spiritual wealth of the world.

God has his plans and his reasons. Sometimes we are supposed to go through things so that we learn lessons.

If you want to improve, be content to be thought foolish and stupid.

Everybody who makes any kind of policy needs to substitute teach. But you’ve got to be a real teacher. You can’t just go to a couple of classes with the regular teacher there. It is an incredibly hard job.

Why not whip the teacher when the pupil misbehaves?

I think I have to trust that you end up with the person you’re supposed to end up with, and that everything in between is there to teach you stuff.

I’m a good teacher and am great at observation and picking out what’s wrong and fixing it.

An individual has not started living until he can rise above the narrow confines of his individualistic concerns to the broader concerns of all humanity.

I mean, I went to a Catholic boys‘ school for a year, but that was to play hockey. Religion class was quite contentious for me.

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

I always say this about my music, and music in general: Music is like a time capsule. Each album reflects what I’m going through or what’s going on in my life at that moment.

It has been hard for me to find it, but I have found love.

If you’re going to be a winner in life, you have to constantly go beyond your best.

Kings are not born: they are made by artificial hallucination.

When you’re coming up with new material, it’s not always gonna be good. The only way to learn is for it not to get a laugh, so you can adjust it and come back the next day to see if it’s working right. Next time, you might get a different laugh. You’re constantly rebuilding.

Never stop fighting until you arrive at your destined place – that is, the unique you. Have an aim in life, continuously acquire knowledge, work hard, and have perseverance to realise the great life.

Some people carry their heart in their head and some carry their head in their heart. The trick is to keep them apart yet working together.

Sometimes the hardest thing to do is to trust your team. It’s a lesson I’ve had to relearn quite a few times.

Constant development is the law of life, and a man who always tries to maintain his dogmas in order to appear consistent drives himself into a false position.

If I’d had good discipline, I might have gone into music.

Children need to get a high-quality education, avoid violence and the criminal-justice system, and gain jobs. But they deserve more. We want them to learn not only reading and math but fairness, caring, self-respect, family commitment, and civic duty.

Having a mind that is open to everything and attached to nothing seems to me to be one of the most basic principles that you can adopt to contribute to individual and world peace.

Critics only make you stronger. You have to look at what they are saying as feedback. Sometimes the feedback helps, and other times, it’s just noise that can be a distraction.

People may think I’m trying something new by telling stories, but they’re just jokes connected to give the illusion of stories. But really, I just continue using my imagination and creating. That’s what I do.

He who speaks without modesty will find it difficult to make his words good.

You have to accept whatever comes and the only important thing is that you meet it with courage and with the best that you have to give.