Observe all men, thyself most.

It takes a great deal of character strength to apologize quickly out of one’s heart rather than out of pity. A person must possess himself and have a deep sense of security in fundamental principles and values in order to genuinely apologize.

I love getting out of my comfort zone.

Some people would like me to be round again.

Think occasionally of the suffering of which you spare yourself the sight.

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

I’m an emotional person. Sometimes I can’t help it.

I have had fun being who I became, so to speak.

The most important things are the hardest things to say. They are the things you get ashamed of because words diminish your feelings – words shrink things that seem timeless when they are in your head to no more than living size when they are brought out.

Spiritual people don’t float around all day on clouds of glory; they live in the real world and deal with real issues in real ways.

The limits of the possible can only be defined by going beyond them into the impossible.

Difficulties strengthen the mind, as labor does the body.

There’s definitely going to be things that I’m not very good at, things I can improve.

Something I’ve realized lately, to my shock, is that I am an optimist, in that I think humans are almost infinitely capable of self-change and self-modification, and that we really can build the future that we want if we’re smart about it.

Just because I managed to do a little something, I don’t want anyone back home to think I got the big head.

Let go of offence. Let go of fear. Let go of revenge. Don’t live angry, let go now!

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’ve noticed a terrible thing, which is I will agree to anything if it’s far enough in the future.

Thoughts are mental energy; they’re the currency that you have to attract what you desire. Learn to stop spending that currency on thoughts you don’t want.

Many people would be surprised that, in fact, I’m quite shy.

Always bear in mind that your own resolution to succeed is more important than any other.

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.

Those who want the Government to regulate matters of the mind and spirit are like men who are so afraid of being murdered that they commit suicide to avoid assassination.

With people of limited ability modesty is merely honesty. But with those who possess great talent it is hypocrisy.

Control thy passions lest they take vengence on thee.

He is lost who is possessed by carnal desire.

I always try to do as much as I can do. I’m never a person that does not enough, because I’d regret not doing enough and think I probably could have done more. I probably go too far and have to reel myself back in, which works in some things, and other things it doesn’t work.

Therapy? I don’t need that. The roles that I choose are my therapy.

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

Whenever you do a thing, act as if all the world were watching.

Good intentions never change anything. They only become a deeper and deeper rut.

I am a little too absorbed by science to be able to philosophise much; but the more I look into myself, the more I find myself possessed by the conviction that it is only the science of Christ running through all things, that is to say true mystical science, that really matters. I let myself get caught up in the game when I geologise.

A great many people think they are thinking when they are merely rearranging their prejudices.

For me, there is no such thing as a negative experience.

It didn’t even occur to me that I’m the last person in the world who should play salsa or Brazilian music.

Unlike some politicians, I can admit to a mistake.

By letting it go it all gets done. The world is won by those who let it go. But when you try and try. The world is beyond the winning.

I am not very good with relationships. With anyone. I can’t be locked up with anyone for too long.

I’m inconsistent, even to myself.

Before we acquire great power we must acquire wisdom to use it well.

Man falls from the pursuit of the ideal of plan living and high thinking the moment he wants to multiply his daily wants. Man’s happiness really lies in contentment.

I desire so to conduct the affairs of this administration that if at the end… I have lost every other friend on earth, I shall at least have one friend left, and that friend shall be down inside of me.

Be at war with your vices, at peace with your neighbors, and let every new year find you a better man.

Ethics is in origin the art of recommending to others the sacrifices required for cooperation with oneself.

Do not trouble yourself much to get new things, whether clothes or friends… Sell your clothes and keep your thoughts.

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

Every great person is always being helped by everybody; for their gift is to get good out of all things and all persons.

You must be the change you wish to see in the world.

I thought it completely absurd to mention my name in the same breath as the presidency.

We do not yet possess ourselves, and we know at the same time that we are much more.

The object of a New Year is not that we should have a new year. It is that we should have a new soul and a new nose; new feet, a new backbone, new ears, and new eyes. Unless a particular man made New Year resolutions, he would make no resolutions. Unless a man starts afresh about things, he will certainly do nothing effective.

I love the attention but I don’t like too much of it.

I’m just going to say it: I’m pro-guilt. Guilt is good. Guilt helps us stay on track because it’s about our behavior. It occurs when we compare something we’ve done – or failed to do – with our personal values.

Work out your own salvation. Do not depend on others.

Success is only meaningful and enjoyable if it feels like your own.

I am, as a character, at times, a little overbearing. I recognize that.

If you get your ego in your way, you will only look to other people and circumstances to blame.

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.

You can retire from a job, but don’t ever retire from making extremely meaningful contributions in life.

I know what I believe, I know what I want to do, and I’m just comfortable saying it, and laying it out there.

I wish I knew why I am so anguished.