Man is not the sum of what he has already, but rather the sum of what he does not yet have, of what he could have.

The greater our knowledge increases the more our ignorance unfolds.

To the dumb question, ‚Why me?‘ the cosmos barely bothers to return the reply, ‚Why not?‘

Out of suffering have emerged the strongest souls; the most massive characters are seared with scars.

A trifle consoles us, for a trifle distresses us.

All human actions are equivalent and all are on principle doomed to failure.

I’m dying to be a great dad one day, whenever that day comes.

But I think there are a set of experiences that turn a potential writer into a working writer, and then there are places in your life were you start to recognize what you want to do.

I’m always disappointed when people don’t live up to their potential. I know that a number of people look down on themselves and consequently on everybody who looks like them. But that, too, can change.

A thing is not necessarily true because a man dies for it.

Wisdom begins in wonder.

We must, all of us, learn actually not to have enemies, but only confused adversaries who are ourselves in disguise.

Don’t look forward to the day you stop suffering, because when it comes you’ll know you’re dead.

Freedom from the desire for an answer is essential to the understanding of a problem.

It is absurd to divide people into good and bad. People are either charming or tedious.

I think the positive competition between states in India is one of the most positive dynamics that the country has.

I do think there is a lot of potential if you have a compelling product and people are willing to pay a premium for that. I think that is what Apple has shown. You can buy a much cheaper cell phone or laptop, but Apple’s product is so much better than the alternative, and people are willing to pay that premium.

I don’t think that faith, whatever you’re being faithful about, really can be scientifically explained. And I don’t want to explain this whole life business through truth, science. There’s so much mystery. There’s so much awe.

I’m really trying to dredge up what one might call intellectual and moral material. For example, when do you realize that you are an American? What age does that happen to you? When do you realize what religion your parents practice? When does it all become conscious? I was interested in exploring all of that.

Is it not enough to know the evil to shun it? If not, we should be sincere enough to admit that we love evil too well to give it up.

All cruelty springs from weakness.

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.

No evil dooms us hopelessly except the evil we love, and desire to continue in, and make no effort to escape from.

I try to be the same person I was yesterday.

What we live by we die by.

Words are but symbols for the relations of things to one another and to us; nowhere do they touch upon absolute truth.

Men occasionally stumble over the truth, but most of them pick themselves up and hurry off as if nothing had happened.

Choose people who lift you up.

You are the universe, you aren’t in the universe.

No one is ever successful at everything that they do.

For my own part, I would rather excel in knowledge of the highest secrets of philosophy than in arms.

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.

Our nature consists in motion; complete rest is death.

Before you start a goal – let’s take care of our insecurities because they are going to surface when you put yourself in the crucible and you’re suffering.

In everything one thing is impossible: rationality.

Don’t be dependent. At all. Ever. Period.

Concede that the new government of Louisiana is only to what it should be, as the egg is to the fowl; we shall sooner have the fowl by hatching the egg than by smashing it.

It is a most delightful reflection that if I come to the throne of God in prayer, I may feel a thousand defects, but yet there is hope. I usually feel more dissatisfied with my prayers than with anything else I do.

Self-confidence is the first requisite to great undertakings.

Being too good is apt to be uninteresting.

For as the eyes of bats are to the blaze of day, so is the reason in our soul to the things which are by nature most evident of all.

Nobody made a greater mistake than he who did nothing because he could do only a little.

Where knowledge ends, religion begins.

I don’t believe in ‚thinking‘ old. Although I’ve transitioned through many bodies – a baby, toddler, child, teen, young adult, mid-life and older adult – my spirit is unchanged. I support my body with exercise, my mind with reading and writing, and my spirit with the knowing that I am part of the Divine source of all life.

Jiu Jitsu is probably the No. 1 activity that I could recommend to someone to improve their lives overall.

Our existence is beyond our explanation, whether we believe in God or we have religion or we’re atheist. Our existence is beyond our understanding. No one has an answer.

To avoid criticism, do nothing, say nothing, and be nothing.

Hopefully I won’t be the last big splash at Under Armour.

Do what you love. Know your own bone; gnaw at it, bury it, unearth it, and gnaw it still.

I look like a casual, laid-back guy, but it’s like a circus in my head.

Consider a tree for a moment. As beautiful as trees are to look at, we don’t see what goes on underground – as they grow roots. Trees must develop deep roots in order to grow strong and produce their beauty. But we don’t see the roots. We just see and enjoy the beauty. In much the same way, what goes on inside of us is like the roots of a tree.

If I was to go to sleep before midnight, I would feel weird about myself, like I wasted a day. My most productive hours are between midnight and five.

I happen to believe there is evil in the world.

Gratitude is not only the greatest of virtues, but the parent of all the others.

I don’t see how people are comfortable with seeing other people be great. You can be happy for anybody, but what is your excuse to not want to be great? These people are great because they just say, ‚I’ma do that,‘ and they do it. That’s it. There’s no scientifical process.

People tend to dwell more on negative things than on good things. So the mind then becomes obsessed with negative things, with judgments, guilt and anxiety produced by thoughts about the future and so on.

If you even dream of beating me you’d better wake up and apologize.

Man is condemned to be free; because once thrown into the world, he is responsible for everything he does.

What you have outside you counts less than what you have inside you.

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

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