Man’s task is to become conscious of the contents that press upward from the unconscious.

I used to stutter really badly. Everybody thinks it’s funny. And it’s not funny. It’s not.

Lulled in the countless chambers of the brain, our thoughts are linked by many a hidden chain; awake but one, and in, what myriads rise!

As long as a man stands in his own way, everything seems to be in his way.

If you don’t like how things are, change it! You’re not a tree.

I sometimes have a tendency to walk on the dark side.

My father wasn’t around when I was a kid, and I used to always say, ‚Why me? Why don’t I have a father? Why isn’t he around? Why did he leave my mother?‘ But as I got older I looked deeper and thought, ‚I don’t know what my father was going through, but if he was around all the time, would I be who I am today?‘

People always say that you can’t please everybody. I think that’s a cop-out. Why not attempt it? ‚Cause think of all the people you will please if you try.

You can’t have it all all at once. Over my lifespan, I think I have had it all, but in given periods in time, things were rough. And if you have a caring life partner, you help the other person when that person needs it.

People forget that Mozart wrote for commissions. There’s a thing in psychology where they think if it’s popular, it can’t be serious.

Life is about growing and improving and getting better.

Few men would dare to read their own autobiography if all their deeds were recorded in it; few can look back upon their entire career without a blush.

If selfishness is the key to being miserable, then selflessness must be the key to being happy!

I want to believe that I am improving. This is something that I take really seriously.

I haven’t been faithful to my own advice in the past. I will in the future.

When people get taken over by the ego to such an extent, there is nothing else in their mind except the ego. They can no longer feel or sense their humanity – what they share with other human beings, or even with other life forms on the planet. They are so identified with concepts in their minds that other human beings become concepts as well.

If you do not understand a man you cannot crush him. And if you do understand him, very probably you will not.

I feel that sin and evil are the negative part of you, and I think it’s like a battery: you’ve got to have the negative and the positive in order to be a complete person.

Life is a matter of really tough choices.

Freedom is what you do with what’s been done to you.

A man is never more truthful than when he acknowledges himself a liar.

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.

The deepest desire of the human spirit is to be acknowledged.

I think beating myself up sometimes and knowing I am not happy when I do it makes me work harder to do a good job.

History will point out some of the things I did wrong and some of the things I did right.

It isn’t what you have, or who you are, or where you are, or what you are doing that makes you happy or unhappy. It is what you think about.

I cannot always control what goes on outside. But I can always control what goes on inside.

A part of me has become immortal, out of my control.

Testing oneself is best when done alone.

Life cannot be without relationship, but we have made it so agonizing and hideous by basing it on personal and possessive love. Can one love and yet not possess? You will find the true answer not in escape, ideals, beliefs but through the understanding of the causes of dependence and possessiveness.

I’ve learned that we all change constantly. It’s rare to find that person who is growing with you in the same way at the same time, who encourages you to grow.

I think we have a duty to maintain the light of consciousness to make sure it continues into the future.

We know what we are, but know not what we may be.

The man who acquires the ability to take full possession of his own mind may take possession of anything else to which he is justly entitled.

It is amazing how a new child can refocus one’s direction seconds after its birth.

Death and genitals are things that frighten people, and when people are frightened, they develop means of concealment and aggression. It is common sense.

I always had music growing up, but music was also like a journal. It was like my personal diary or personal journal. A lot of the things I couldn’t express to an individual, I would express them in my music.

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.

If you don’t live your life, then who will?

Deep down, I know I have this intuition or instinct that a lot of creative people have, that their demons are also what make them create.

I never fall in love.

I’ve learned people are watching, so don’t do nothing stupid.

While I thought that I was learning how to live, I have been learning how to die.

Will and intellect are one and the same thing.

I’m an introvert somewhat. There could be a room full of people, I’ll go stand in the corner.

Age wrinkles the body. Quitting wrinkles the soul.

Pretension is a poor joke that you play on yourself. Snap out of it. Recognise your strengths, work on your weaknesses. Real achievement is liking what you see in the mirror every morning.

If you try to protect yourself from pain, it becomes a stone in your heart. But the more you learn to face things, the more likely that stone can become a pearl.

Thirty was so strange for me. I’ve really had to come to terms with the fact that I am now a walking and talking adult.

Whenever I climb I am followed by a dog called ‚Ego‘.

I love money because I’ve earned it. I won sixty G’s with my first knockout – and the week before, I was collecting social welfare.

Not everyone loves me, but I have to be okay no matter what they think about me.

I like to recede away from classifications. You might say that indicates a fundamental lack of commitment. I suppose that’s true to some degree.

The question is not, ‚Do you have a problem?‘ The question is, ‚Does the problem have you?‘

My father wasn’t perfect. He had a temper. I took some of that. He would snap, but the older he got, he started calming down. He learned about life, but the thing that he taught my whole family was that family was the most important thing and, no matter what, if a family member needs you, you go and help them out; you get there.

At first, I was scared to show fear because you can never be sure how people will perceive you. But I dared myself to do that, to stand out. Now I’ll talk about being beaten up or robbed or making a stupid decision because of a girl or whatever.

Don’t ever criticize yourself. Don’t go around all day long thinking, ‚I’m unattractive, I’m slow, I’m not as smart as my brother.‘ God wasn’t having a bad day when he made you… If you don’t love yourself in the right way, you can’t love your neighbour. You can’t be as good as you are supposed to be.

The image is one thing and the human being is another. It’s very hard to live up to an image, put it that way.

The true identity theft is not financial. It’s not in cyberspace. It’s spiritual. It’s been taken.

It’s always appealing to play a character that has to overcome himself as well as an obstacle. It makes the drama so much deeper.

Never be lucid, never state, if you would be regarded great.