Let the refining and improving of your own life keep you so busy that you have little time to criticize others.

Do not overrate what you have received, nor envy others. He who envies others does not obtain peace of mind.

In terms of doing work and in terms of learning and evolving as a person, you just grow more when you get more people’s perspectives… I really try and live the mission of the company and… keep everything else in my life extremely simple.

Self-pity is our worst enemy and if we yield to it, we can never do anything wise in this world.

To be wronged is nothing unless you continue to remember it.

Don’t run if you can walk. Don’t walk if you can stand. Don’t stand if you can sit. Don’t sit if you can lie down.

I have a theory that the truth is never told during the nine-to-five hours.

I try to teach my heart not to want things it can’t have.

It is really very important while you are young to live in an environment in which there is no fear. Most of us, as we grow older, become frightened; we are afraid of living, afraid of losing a job, afraid of tradition, afraid of what the neighbours, or what the wife or husband would say, afraid of death.

People tend to play in their comfort zone, so the best things are achieved in a state of surprise, actually.

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.

Key is never be afraid of being yourself. Never!

What’s wrong with being a boring kind of guy?

Sometimes you have to take two steps back to take ten forward.

The only thing you ever have is now.

Do we not realize that self respect comes with self reliance?

I say quite deliberately that the Christian religion, as organized in its Churches, has been and still is the principal enemy of moral progress in the world.

Everything you are against weakens you. Everything you are for empowers you.

Many people, especially young people, would like to be more independent and on their own. But it is very difficult and they suffer from feelings of isolation. I think that is one reason why young readers support my work.

To be able to look back upon ones life in satisfaction, is to live twice.

I have a little bit of that gamer spirit in me. I just don’t have the time to be a gamer. But in another life, I would be one.

Prison life, fortunately, I spent a lot of years, about 18 years with other prisoners, and, as I say, they enriched your soul.

I’m a very strong believer in listening and learning from others.

She never envisioned a legal career for me, but she did think it was very important that I be able to support myself, and I think she would be pleased to see what has become of me.

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.

I heard that when Christina Aguilera went back to her prom, people, like, booed her. I can’t imagine going through that. If you know that’s going to happen, why put yourself in that situation? I’d rather play for 20,000 screaming people, you know?

Faith is not something to grasp, it is a state to grow into.

The greatest good you can do for another is not just to share your riches but to reveal to him his own.

Suppose I criticise Iran. What impact does that have? The only impact it has is in fortifying those who want to carry out policies I don’t agree with, like bombing.

A book must be the ax for the frozen sea within us.

I would be loath to speak ill of any person who I do not know deserves it, but I am afraid he is an attorney.

I never let schooling interfere with my education.

Getting stress out of your life takes more than prayer alone. You must take action to make changes and stop doing whatever is causing the stress. You can learn to calm down in the way you handle things.

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.

So when these people sell out, even though they get fabulously rich, they’re gypping themselves out of one of the potentially most rewarding experiences of their unfolding lives. Without it, they may never know their values or how to keep their newfound wealth in perspective.

We must all suffer one of two things: the pain of discipline or the pain of regret or disappointment.

The world can criticize me, but l can always criticize it back.

Success is only meaningful and enjoyable if it feels like your own.

You can either be a host to God, or a hostage to your ego. It’s your call.

It behooves every man to remember that the work of the critic is of altogether secondary importance, and that, in the end, progress is accomplished by the man who does things.

People who use time wisely spend it on activities that advance their overall purpose in life.

How one life turns out is not dependent on what people do to us or what they don’t do for us.

Nothing is particularly hard if you divide it into small jobs.

No one can give you better advice than yourself.

The questions which one asks oneself begin, at least, to illuminate the world, and become one’s key to the experience of others.

I’ve done some analysis of the biblical stories as part of my psychological work. I knew that I had more to do, and every time I’ve done it, it’s been extremely valuable. It makes me a better teacher because I have a richer understanding of cultural history.

The future is purchased by the present.

We may define therapy as a search for value.

I will not be concerned at other men’s not knowing me; I will be concerned at my own want of ability.

Nothing new here, except my marrying, which to me is a matter of profound wonder.

Keep your eyes wide open before marriage, half shut afterwards.

As a vulnerability researcher, the greatest barrier I see is our low tolerance for vulnerability. We’re almost afraid to be happy. We feel like it’s inviting disaster.

From such crooked wood as that which man is made of, nothing straight can be fashioned.

The greatest discovery of my generation is that a human being can alter his life by altering his attitudes.

It is more difficult to rule yourself than to rule a city.

I had to come from something, come from a place that was negative and positive but the majority of it is a negative place.

Before finding music, I didn’t have too many aspirations. I wanted to hang out, make a little money from whatever I had to do.

Set up a situation that presents you with something slightly beyond your reach.

Remembering what you’ve been through and how that has strengthened your mindset can lift you out of a negative brain loop and help you bypass those weak, one-second impulses to give in. Even if you’re feeling low and beat down by life right now, I guarantee you can think of a time or two when you overcame odds and tasted success.

Most of us aren’t defeated in one decisive battle. We are defeated one tiny, seemingly insignificant surrender at a time that chips away at who we should really be.

I’ve never been a boyfriend kind of girl.