I’ve always felt that if I examine myself too much, I’ll find out what I know and don’t know, and I’ll burst the bubble. I’ve gotten so lucky relying on my animal instincts, I’d rather keep a little bit of the animal alive.

If you’re always under the pressure of real identity, I think that is somewhat of a burden.

Remembering that I’ll be dead soon is the most important tool I’ve ever encountered to help me make the big choices in life. Because almost everything – all external expectations, all pride, all fear of embarrassment or failure – these things just fall away in the face of death, leaving only what is truly important.

Little things affect little minds.

The truth doesn’t hurt unless it ought to.

I did used to have nightmares about the idea that when I die, there is a spark of consciousness which basically creates the world. ‚Is the world going to disappear if this spark of consciousness disappears? And how do I know it won’t? How do I know there’s anything there except what I’m conscious of?‘

There are a lot of people who don’t know me and what I am all about.

I’ve lived a very colorful life, and I’ve said some things, But not once have I taken them back, and I’ve never apologized for them – and I won’t.

Remember, always give your best. Never get discouraged. Never be petty. Always remember, others may hate you. But those who hate you don’t win unless you hate them. And then you destroy yourself.

But blind to former as to future fate, what mortal knows his pre-existent state?

A wise man is cured of ambition by ambition itself; his aim is so exalted that riches, office, fortune and favour cannot satisfy him.

We used to wonder where war lived, what it was that made it so vile. And now we realize that we know where it lives… inside ourselves.

I don’t have emotional needs, only physical ones.

Your vision will become clear only when you can look into your own heart. Who looks outside, dreams; who looks inside, awakes.

The greatest day in your life and mine is when we take total responsibility for our attitudes. That’s the day we truly grow up.

True wisdom comes to each of us when we realize how little we understand about life, ourselves, and the world around us.

People are not disturbed by things, but by the view they take of them.

I’m not a regrets-type person.

A daily portion is really all we need. We do not need tomorrow’s supply, for that day has not yet dawned, and its needs are still unborn.

Our brains are either our greatest assets or our greatest liabilities.

Let us begin by committing ourselves to the truth to see it like it is, and tell it like it is, to find the truth, to speak the truth, and to live 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 didn’t think it was special to be able to sing.

The person we believe ourselves to be will always act in a manner consistent with our self-image.

At 30 a man should know himself like the palm of his hand, know the exact number of his defects and qualities, know how far he can go, foretell his failures – be what he is. And, above all, accept these things.

I was raised in a family where vulnerability was barely tolerated: no training wheels on our bicycles, no goggles in the pool, just get it done. And so I grew up not only with discomfort about my own vulnerability, I didn’t care for it in other people either.

We do not need to proselytise either by our speech or by our writing. We can only do so really with our lives. Let our lives be open books for all to study.

In the West, as well as some other parts of the world, the personal sense of ego tends to predominate, whereas in other areas, there is a more collective sense of ego. This collective ego emphasizes the ‚we‘ rather than the ‚I.‘

You have power over your mind – not outside events. Realize this, and you will find strength.

I even found it difficult to watch myself playing on TV because I couldn’t identify with the person on the screen. I couldn’t get to grips with it. It was as if it was all happening to someone else.

I think and that is all that I am.

I’m super self-critical, which I think is good, because then I get exactly what I want. I’m critical of other people, too – I try not to be, though.

I do suffer from depression, I suppose. Which isn’t that unusual. You know, a lot of people do.

Hatred is self-punishment.

I once wanted to prove myself by being a great actress. Now I want to prove that I’m a person. Then maybe I’ll be a great actress.

We often want one thing and pray for another, not telling the truth even to the gods.

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.

Anyone who has declared someone else to be an idiot, a bad apple, is annoyed when it turns out in the end that he isn’t.

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

I must govern the clock, not be governed by it.

It’s more interesting for me to figure out how to be superior in areas where I’m naive, where I’m a novice.

Personally I’m always ready to learn, although I do not always like being taught.

I’m always just surprised when someone writes something about me.

This is certain, that a man that studieth revenge keeps his wounds green, which otherwise would heal and do well.

I don’t have the best track record with quotes.

I don’t consider myself an intellectual. And this is not one of my aims. But I admire intellectual people.

I became a people-watcher when I lost all my friends when I was 12.

I’d like to think you don’t stop being creative once you get happy.

I feel like people can relate to me because we all go through wins and roadblocks and passion and pain, and it’s a vibe.

You can have the platinum album. But, you know, when you still feel like you haven’t quite found your place in the world, it kind of gives a crazy offset.

A wise man should consider that health is the greatest of human blessings, and learn how by his own thought to derive benefit from his illnesses.

There are few things more dreadful than dealing with a man who knows he is going under, in his own eyes, and in the eyes of others. Nothing can help that man. What is left of that man flees from what is left of human attention.

A question that sometimes drives me hazy: am I or are the others crazy?

As a kid, I’d go into the bathroom when I was having a tantrum. I’d be in the bathroom crying, studying myself in the mirror. I was preparing for future roles.

It is, generally, in the season of prosperity that men discover their real temper, principles, and designs.

If we examine our thoughts, we shall find them always occupied with the past and the future.

I’m not confused. I’m just well mixed.

The things that transfixed you as a child, that you found most exciting was not a passing fancy, but a message about what you’re supposed to do.

You don’t have to be like everybody else or do things like everybody else. God created you to be a unique individual, and He wants you to be free to be who He made you to be.

I do not think much of a man who is not wiser today than he was yesterday.

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