Life is a lively process of becoming.

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

Jealousy… is a mental cancer.

I am never satisfied with myself and that is what keeps me going – I have no post-satisfaction.

When I cut my hair, the whole sound changed, my style changed.

You simply have to accept that your demons are a part of you.

People are like dirt. They can either nourish you and help you grow as a person or they can stunt your growth and make you wilt and die.

The pursuit of truth and beauty is a sphere of activity in which we are permitted to remain children all our lives.

A man must now swallow more belief than he can digest.

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.

Success has always been a great liar.

Being at ease with not knowing is crucial for answers to come to you.

Whatever work you do, you think are you doing this for the good of the nation? That’s the basic training. The other basic training is discipline. Your life should be disciplined. The other thing they say is what work you get, do it well.

First say to yourself what you would be; and then do what you have to do.

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

A book should serve as the ax for the frozen sea within us.

If I were not a physicist, I would probably be a musician. I often think in music. I live my daydreams in music. I see my life in terms of music.

Some people focus more on sonics. Some people focus more on story. I focus on both sonics and story, but music sometimes, just music itself, can turn into more of a maths problem. I guess everything in life is a math problem, but it can be more about an empirical route to getting the symmetry that you want, and this vibe, sonically.

It is not living that matters, but living rightly.

To add value to others, one must first value others.

Things that I felt absolutely sure of but a few years ago, I do not believe now. This thought makes me see more clearly how foolish it would be to expect all men to agree with me.

All the time, I’ve felt that life is a wager and that I probably was getting more out of leading a bohemian existence as a writer than I would have if I didn’t.

Whatever you are, be a good one.

For me life is continuously being hungry. The meaning of life is not simply to exist, to survive, but to move ahead, to go up, to achieve, to conquer.

Create a ladder of values and priorities in your life, reminding yourself of what really matters to you.

Think twice before you speak, because your words and influence will plant the seed of either success or failure in the mind of another.

For everything you have missed, you have gained something else, and for everything you gain, you lose something else.

The reward of a thing well done is having done it.

No matter what, people grow. If you chose not to grow, you’re staying in a small box with a small mindset. People who win go outside of that box. It’s very simple when you look at it.

As we advance in life it becomes more and more difficult, but in fighting the difficulties the inmost strength of the heart is developed.

Miracles, in the sense of phenomena we cannot explain, surround us on every hand: life itself is the miracle of miracles.

You must take personal responsibility. You cannot change the circumstances, the seasons, or the wind, but you can change yourself. That is something you have charge of.

I do not paint a portrait to look like the subject, rather does the person grow to look like his portrait.

When you think of the exponential speed and scale of expansion of social media or a service, you have to believe that it is equally possible to rapidly transform the lives of those who have long stood on the margins of hope.

It is normal to give away a little of one’s life in order not to lose it all.

I think writing really helps you heal yourself. I think if you write long enough, you will be a healthy person. That is, if you write what you need to write, as opposed to what will make money, or what will make fame.

Our character is basically a composite of our habits. Because they are consistent, often unconcious patterns, they constantly, daily, express our character.

You’re just left with yourself all the time, whatever you do anyway. You’ve got to get down to your own God in your own temple. It’s all down to you, mate.

Indeed, it is as important to learn how to receive a blessing as it is to be willing to give one.

Practice yourself, for heaven’s sake in little things, and then proceed to greater.

If we live a self-directed, self-motivated, self-centered life, always needing to get our own way, then we’re going to be miserable. In fact, many times we believe it’s our problems that are making us unhappy when, in reality, it’s because we’re focused on ourselves!

Football (soccer) is a matter of life and death, except more important.

Everybody should do at least two things each day that he hates to do, just for practice.

Since the beginning, it was just the same. The only difference, the crowds are bigger now.

Wrinkles should merely indicate where smiles have been.

We are in the throes of a transition where every publication has to think of their digital strategy.

We have lost contact with reality, the simplicity of life.

I have a feeling that I make a very good friend, and I’m a good mother, and a good sister, and a good citizen. I am involved in life itself – all of it. And I have a lot of energy and a lot of nerve.

Man weeps to think that he will die so soon; woman, that she was born so long ago.

The temptation to take the easy road is always there. It is as easy as staying in bed in the morning and sleeping in. But discipline is paramount to ultimate success and victory for any leader and any team.

I do not like to repeat successes, I like to go on to other things.

Most people already know what they’re doing wrong. When I get them to church I want to tell them that you can change.

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

Keep in mind that no matter how perfectly you get your life in order, you will never be rid of all your problems. Problems are a way of life, always have been, always will be. But how you elect to view those problems is all up to you.

For if there is a sin against life, it consists perhaps not so much in despairing of life as in hoping for another life and in eluding the implacable grandeur of this life.

On a given day, a given circumstance, you think you have a limit.

If what you are doing is not moving you towards your goals, then it’s moving you away from your goals.

That is my wish, hope, instruction for all of you: Take your education seriously, okay? Always do that. Because I wouldn’t be here today if it weren’t for my education.

We may define therapy as a search for value.

I like to complain and do nothing to make things better.

Fresh activity is the only means of overcoming adversity.