Of course, like anybody I repeat myself endlessly, but I don’t know that I’m doing it, usually.

Truthful words are not beautiful; beautiful words are not truthful. Good words are not persuasive; persuasive words are not good.

I’m not generally a sensitive person, but I tend to be more sensitive toward others and what they’re going through. I don’t know if that’s the healthiest thing, but it’s the truth.

The foot feels the foot when it feels the ground.

To know yet to think that one does not know is best; Not to know yet to think that one knows will lead to difficulty.

No one can give you better advice than yourself.

No man who worships education has got the best out of education… Without a gentle contempt for education no man’s education is complete.

Memories are thoughts that arise. They’re not realities. Only when you believe that they are real, then they have the power over you. But when you realize it’s just another thought arising about the past, then you can have a spacious relationship with that thought. The thought no longer has you in its grip.

The stories are not autobiographical, but they’re personal in that way. I seem to know only the things that I’ve learned. Probably some things through observation, but what I feel I know surely is personal.

He who talks more is sooner exhausted.

Some men never feel small, but these are the few men who are.

Beware of no man more than of yourself; we carry our worst enemies within us.

We are just an advanced breed of monkeys on a minor planet of a very average star. But we can understand the Universe. That makes us something very special.

There are so many emotions that you’re feeling, you can get stifled by them if you’re feeling them all at once. What I try to do is take one moment – one simple, simple feeling – and expand it into three-and-a-half minutes.

To me, constructive criticism is when people take ownership of their ideas. That’s why I don’t listen to anything that’s anonymous. But it’s hard; when there’s something hurtful out there, I still want to read it over and over and memorize it and explain my point of view to the person.

Our judgments when we are pleased and friendly are not the same as when we are pained and hostile.

Open your eyes, look within. Are you satisfied with the life you’re living?

It is not our purpose to become each other; it is to recognize each other, to learn to see the other and honor him for what he is.

If you wish to achieve worthwhile things in your personal and career life, you must become a worthwhile person in your own self-development.

The best measure of a man’s honesty isn’t his income tax return. It’s the zero adjust on his bathroom scale.

What is uttered from the heart alone, Will win the hearts of others to your own.

To be conscious means not simply to be, but to be reported, known, to have awareness of one’s being added to that being.

I am an introvert; privately I am very shy, and I don’t speak unless I have to.

Ritual is another word for fear, manifested in a different way.

We are tired of aristocratic explanations in Harvard words.

People are underestimating the force of angry kids.

In the West, as well as some other parts of the world, the personal sense of ego tends to predominate, whereas in other areas, there is a more collective sense of ego. This collective ego emphasizes the ‚we‘ rather than the ‚I.‘

When I tell a child something the first time, I’m nice. The 15th time, I start to get aggravated.

We are all at times unconscious prophets.

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

Not to expose your true feelings to an adult seems to be instinctive from the age of seven or eight onwards.

Newspapers are the second hand of history. This hand, however, is usually not only of inferior metal to the other hands, it also seldom works properly.

If you don’t like what someone has to say, argue with them.

I’m very aware and very conscious of the path I chose in life, and very aware of the path I didn’t choose.

Within us there is someone who knows everything, wills everything, does everything better than we ourselves.

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

Knowledge can be communicated, but not wisdom. One can find it, live it, be fortified by it, do wonders through it, but one cannot communicate and teach it.

Honest disagreement is often a good sign of progress.

The more you are talked about the less powerful you are.

You can have no dominion greater or less than that over yourself.

I’m inconsistent, even to myself.

In my experience, many people confuse being cowardly with being nice.

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.

When you are full of pride on the inside, it makes you stiff, stubborn, and creates strife with others.

Because of its phantom nature, and despite elaborate defense mechanisms, the ego is very vulnerable and insecure, and it sees itself as constantly under threat. This, by the way, is the case even if the ego is outwardly very confident.

I think I have always had a little humor.

Few are those who see with their own eyes and feel with their own hearts.

I’m not this horrible, evil person.

In one case out of a hundred a point is excessively discussed because it is obscure; in the ninety-nine remaining it is obscure because it is excessively discussed.

The second time around, I’ll understand that, as a husband, my wife doesn’t care about my opinions. I just need to tell her the things that will continue to help me stack the brownie points.

Being politically correct means saying what’s polite rather than what’s accurate. I like to be accurate.

I am trying to find myself. Sometimes that’s not easy.

Imaginary evils soon become real one by indulging our reflections on them.

Man is a rational animal who always loses his temper when he is called upon to act in accordance with the dictates of reason.

A gentleman is never rude except on purpose – I can honestly be nasty sober, believe you me.

Charm is a way of getting the answer ‚Yes‘ without asking a clear question.

Remember that your imagination is yours and yours alone. You have the inborn capacity to use it in any way that you choose. No one else is responsible for your imagination. Anything placed in your imagination and held there ultimately becomes your reality.

I talk to myself all the time. Just make sure you answer.

In my divorce, I stood up and said to my ex-wife, ‚Hey, I messed up. This had nothing to do with you. I didn’t understand what marriage was. I cheated. I was wrong. We couldn’t fix it; it got worse. I stepped away because I didn’t want it to get any worse. You’re the mother of my kids – I don’t want to hate you.‘

A man of genius has been seldom ruined but by himself.

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