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

Basically you have to suppress your own ambitions in order to be who you need to be.

You use a glass mirror to see your face; you use works of art to see your soul.

I know that I am intelligent, because I know that I know nothing.

When an inner situation is not made conscious, it appears outside as fate.

I let people fill in the blanks on their own. If they want to think about their ex, that’s fine. If they want to think about maybe who one of my exes is, then that’s fine. And it might not be right, because I’m the only one who knows what these songs are really about. It’s the one shred of privacy I have in the matter.

The world is put back by the death of every one who has to sacrifice the development of his or her peculiar gifts to conventionality.

Your net worth to the world is usually determined by what remains after your bad habits are subtracted from your good ones.

Breathing in, I am aware of my heart. Breathing out, I smile to my heart and know that my heart still functions normally. I feel grateful for my heart.

If all my bridge coach ever told me was that I was ‚satisfactory,‘ I would have no hope of ever getting better. How would I know who was the best? How would I know what I was doing differently?

I always tried to turn every disaster into an opportunity.

I think Buddhism should open the door of psychology and healing to penetrate more easily into the Western world.

Vanity can create a very cruel space for you if you don’t know how to manage it.

In the course of my life, I have often had to eat my words, and I must confess that I have always found it a wholesome diet.

I don’t consider myself to be that credulous.

Egotism is the source and summary of all faults and miseries.

Upon the creatures we have made, we are, ourselves, at last, dependent.

Constant exposure to dangers will breed contempt for them.

I’ve learned never to say never.

We judge people in areas where we’re vulnerable to shame, especially picking folks who are doing worse than we’re doing.

Confession of errors is like a broom which sweeps away the dirt and leaves the surface brighter and clearer. I feel stronger for confession.

Some people can just let things go, but I can’t, especially if there’s something that worries me or makes me sad.

I’m not going to limit myself just because people won’t accept the fact that I can do something else.

Life is a series of experiences, each one of which makes us bigger, even though sometimes it is hard to realize this. For the world was built to develop character, and we must learn that the setbacks and grieves which we endure help us in our marching onward.

There comes a time when people get tired of being pushed out of the glittering sunlight of life’s July and left standing amid the piercing chill of an alpine November.

The problem with me, as far as getting married and having a family, is that my comedy is so important to me. So I don’t know if I’ll ever be as good a dad as my dad.

What we seek we shall find; what we flee from flees from us.

I like pushing boundaries.

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

My fate cannot be mastered; it can only be collaborated with and thereby, to some extent, directed. Nor am I the captain of my soul; I am only its noisiest passenger.

You can never really live anyone else’s life, not even your child’s. The influence you exert is through your own life, and what you’ve become yourself.

Character develops itself in the stream of life.

Our envy always lasts longer than the happiness of those we envy.

Always make those above you feel comfortably superior. In your desire to please or impress them, do not go too far in displaying your talents or you might accomplish the opposite – inspire fear and insecurity.

Mine is better than ours.

When you put down the good things you ought to have done, and leave out the bad ones you did do well, that’s Memoirs.

Either you’re the one erasing or you’re the one being erased.

Modesty is a learned affectation. And as soon as life slams the modest person against the wall, that modesty drops.

We are here to unlearn the teachings of the church, state, and our education system.

First ask yourself: What is the worst that can happen? Then prepare to accept it. Then proceed to improve on the worst.

Neurosis is always a substitute for legitimate suffering.

When I was in college I did a lot of stupid things and I don’t want to make an excuse for that. Some of the things that people accuse me of are true, some of them aren’t. There are pranks, IMs.

When a person cannot deceive himself the chances are against his being able to deceive other people.

I think I am smart unless I am really, really in love, and then I am ridiculously stupid.

Why go through life if you’re not going to challenge yourself?

I just really believe people have to get hungry. I think maybe what we need to do, instead of trying to stuff our beliefs down people’s throats, is just pray for them to really be hungry and to see their neediness.

I’m over being a pop star. I don’t wanna be a hot girl. I wanna be iconic. And I feel like I’ve accomplished a lot. I feel like I’m highly respected, which is more important than any award or any amount of records. And I feel like there comes a point when being a pop star is not enough.

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

Without deep reflection one knows from daily life that one exists for other people.

Many people know so little about what is beyond their short range of experience. They look within themselves – and find nothing! Therefore they conclude that there is nothing outside themselves either.

I still consider myself a little, fat kid from Hawaii.

Life is a matter of really tough choices.

I don’t know if I particularly want to be remembered for anything. I personally do not think I’m a great gift to the world. I’ve been very fortunate.

There is nothing happens to any person but what was in his power to go through with.

It doesn’t take much to make me angry.

Everyone now knows how to find the meaning of life within himself. But mankind wasn’t always so lucky. Less than a century ago, men and women did not have easy access to the puzzle boxes within them.

As a leader, the first person I need to lead is me. The first person that I should try to change is me.

Well, I don’t think there’s any need for people to focus on my career.

Why don’t you start believing that no matter what you have or haven’t done, that your best days are still out in front of you.

He who conquers others is strong; He who conquers himself is mighty.

The man with insight enough to admit his limitations comes nearest to perfection.