None but ourselves can free our minds.

It is the peculiar quality of a fool to perceive the faults of others and to forget his own.

I always keep my guard up with guys and I guess that can get in the way sometimes. I can make them go through hell.

Every time somebody speaks of my honesty, there is someone who quivers inside me.

The proper study of Mankind is Man.

One can not reflect in streaming water. Only those who know internal peace can give it to others.

Everyone assumes I practise all of my own laws but I don’t. I think anybody who did would be a horrible ugly person to be around.

I know where I’m going and I know the truth, and I don’t have to be what you want me to be. I’m free to be what I want.

Always be sincere, even if you don’t mean it.

I’m very at ease, and I like it. I never thought I would be such a family-oriented guy; I didn’t think that was part of my makeup. But somebody said that as you get older you become the person you always should have been, and I feel that’s happening to me. I’m rather surprised at who I am, because I’m actually like my dad!

Ordinary people seem not to realize that those who really apply themselves in the right way to philosophy are directly and of their own accord preparing themselves for dying and death.

The dreams and passions stored within hearts are powerful keys which can unlock a wealth of potential.

How does a nice Catholic girl end up going to prison for a year? It’s crazy. I’ve made mistakes. I have to pay for those mistakes.

Only the really plain people know about love – the very fascinating ones try so hard to create an impression that they soon exhaust their talents.

I don’t think there’s anyone who would say they don’t want or need more of God’s power in their life.

When making your choice in life, do not neglect to live.

The superior man is distressed by the limitations of his ability; he is not distressed by the fact that men do not recognize the ability that he has.

Some of us think holding on makes us strong; but sometimes it is letting go.

As I get older, I tend to put more into family than I used to.

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.

A lot of times, people feel that if they forgive the person who hurt them, then they will continue to take advantage of them or not take responsibility for what they did wrong.

Watch what people are cynical about, and one can often discover what they lack.

I know nothing, except the fact of my ignorance.

Learn to say ‚no‘ to the good so you can say ‚yes‘ to the best.

The real power of the Buddha was that he had so much love. He saw people trapped in their notions of small separate self, feeling guilty or proud of that self, and he offered revolutionary teachings that resounded like a lion’s roar, like a great rising tide, helping people to wake up and break free from the prison of ignorance.

Because forgiveness is like this: a room can be dank because you have closed the windows, you’ve closed the curtains. But the sun is shining outside, and the air is fresh outside. In order to get that fresh air, you have to get up and open the window and draw the curtains apart.

The whole problem with the world is that fools and fanatics are always so certain of themselves, and wiser people so full of doubts.

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.

Without being the most confident person in the world, I think I am the right person for Liverpool.

Many a man thinks he is patient when, in reality, he is indifferent.

When you are discontent, you always want more, more, more. Your desire can never be satisfied. But when you practice contentment, you can say to yourself, ‚Oh yes – I already have everything that I really need.‘

In past generations, people would try to play younger than they really are. My trick is, I don’t try to play younger than I really am.

I was brought up to try to see what was wrong and right it. Since I am a writer, writing is how I right it.

I fear that many a man’s good resolutions only need the ordinary fire of daily life to make them melt away. So, too, with fine professions and the boastings of perfection which abound in this age of shams.

We are masters of the unsaid words, but slaves of those we let slip out.

To become ‚unique,‘ the challenge is to fight the hardest battle which anyone can imagine until you reach your destination.

Every spirit makes its house, and we can give a shrewd guess from the house to the inhabitant.

You’ll never get ahead of anyone as long as you try to get even with him.

But by reading them again and again finally I was able to grasp the essential part. What emotion, enthusiasm, enlightenment and confidence they communicated to me! I wept for joy.

As long as I’m learning something, I figure I’m OK – it’s a decent day.

I say, ‚Yeah, Taylor Swift.‘ I think she is a smart, beautiful girl. I think she’s making all the right moves. She’s got a good head on her shoulders. She’s surrounded with wonderful people. Her songs are great. She keeps herself anchored. She knows who she is, and she’s living and standing by that.

If you want to improve, be content to be thought foolish and stupid.

The greatest enemy of any one of our truths may be the rest of our truths.

I’m mortified to be on the stage, but then again, it’s the only place where I’m happy.

If there are people you haven’t forgiven, you’re not going to really awaken. You have to let go.

If someone you know makes a bad decision or uses bad judgment, it doesn’t mean you have to allow that to alter your attitude. Why should you allow anyone else’s bad decisions to send you into a tailspin of misery?

We’re all capable of mistakes, but I do not care to enlighten you on the mistakes we may or may not have made.

You’re not going to say anything about me that I’m not going to say about myself. There’s so many things that I think about myself; if someone really wanted to get at me, they could say this and this and this. So I’m going to say it before they can. It’s the best policy for me.

Custom reconciles us to everything.

The power of our thoughts may never be measured or appreciated, but it became obvious to me as a young boy that there was value and power in being aware of my thoughts and how I expressed myself.

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.

No one is laughable who laughs at himself.

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.

My life is my message.

The greatest gift that you can give to others is the gift of unconditional love and acceptance.

We are what we pretend to be, so we must be careful what we pretend to be.

Do not think of your faults, still less of other’s faults; look for what is good and strong, and try to imitate it. Your faults will drop off, like dead leaves, when their time comes.

Many people identify their sense of self with the problems they have, or think they have.

God hath given you one face, and you make yourselves another.

Don’t make me into this airy-fairy, moralist, idealist because I’m not.

Most of one’s life is one prolonged effort to prevent oneself thinking.