One advantage in keeping a diary is that you become aware with reassuring clarity of the changes which you constantly suffer.

Change is the law of life. And those who look only to the past or present are certain to miss the future.

I began writing at the age of 5, but there was a dark period between the ages of 8 and 16 when I didn’t write. I started again at 16 and have no idea why, but it was suddenly the only thing I wanted to do.

A career is born in public – talent in privacy.

I was raised to be independent.

Life is a lively process of becoming.

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.

As far as men go, it is not what they are that interests me, but what they can become.

Critics only make you stronger. You have to look at what they are saying as feedback. Sometimes the feedback helps, and other times, it’s just noise that can be a distraction.

Catering to bad feelings feeds and empowers them.

When one does away with oneself one does the most estimable thing possible: one thereby almost deserves to live.

We have got to change our ethics and our financial system and our whole way of understanding the world. It has to be a world in which people live rather than die; a sustainable world. It could be great.

The man of knowledge must be able not only to love his enemies but also to hate his friends.

Old deeds for old people, and new deeds for new.

Everything can change at any moment, suddenly and forever.

What one has to do usually can be done.

Weak character will neutralize all of the other possible good qualities a person might possess.

Many a man’s strength is in opposition, and when he faileth, he grows out of use.

I guess every single word I’ve ever said is going to be dissected now.

Be miserable. Or motivate yourself. Whatever has to be done, it’s always your choice.

It is often said that before you die your life passes before your eyes. It is in fact true. It’s called living.

It’s dangerous to read the Internet about yourself when you’re me. Or when you’re anyone in the public eye.

Sweet is the memory of past troubles.

A goal is not always meant to be reached, it often serves simply as something to aim at.

But sports carried me away from being in a gang, or being associated with drugs. Sports was my way out.

Let us begin by committing ourselves to the truth to see it like it is, and tell it like it is, to find the truth, to speak the truth, and to live the truth.

I hold that while man exists, it is his duty to improve not only his own condition, but to assist in ameliorating mankind.

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

Our chief want is someone who will inspire us to be what we know we could be.

I’m inconsistent, even to myself.

I don’t feel too much pressure. I only see an opportunity.

Be sure you put your feet in the right place, then stand firm.

Who you are speaks so loudly I can’t hear what you’re saying.

I still learn, but I think it’s the best thing in life to have a kid.

Lots of songs aren’t even from my experiences, but they’re about accepting… the dark things about yourself.

I always tried to turn every disaster into an opportunity.

I undertake the same project as Montaigne, but with an aim contrary to his own: for he wrote his Essays only for others, and I write my reveries only for myself.

Mental toughness is a lifestyle. It’s something that you live every single day of your life. When I was growing up, I was a lazy kid. I was a lazy kid, and everybody goes, ‚How did you get to where you’re at today? How did you get to where you’re running 200 miles at one time in 39 hours? Being so disciplined?‘

When I understand myself, I understand you, and out of that understanding comes love.

Aim for the highest.

I’m always cast in these strange men… that’s not me, really.

Forgiveness is not a feeling – it’s a decision we make because we want to do what’s right before God. It’s a quality decision that won’t be easy and it may take time to get through the process, depending on the severity of the offense.

I claim to be a simple individual liable to err like any other fellow mortal. I own, however, that I have humility enough in me to confess my errors and to retrace my steps.

Self-interest is the enemy of all true affection.

Goals allow you to control the direction of change in your favor.

Let everyone try and find that as a result of daily prayer he adds something new to his life, something with which nothing can be compared.

I don’t know how to live good. I only know how to suffer.

I’m very secure about my talents and about who I am.

In the egoic state, your sense of self, your identity, is derived from your thinking mind – in other words, what your mind tells you about yourself: the storyline of you, the memories, the expectations, all the thoughts that go through your head continuously and the emotions that reflect those thoughts. All those things make up your sense of self.

No person is important enough to make me angry.

Man must cease attributing his problems to his environment, and learn again to exercise his will – his personal responsibility in the realm of faith and morals.

It is true we have won all our wars, but we have paid for them. We don’t want victories anymore.

Custom reconciles us to everything.

We used to wonder where war lived, what it was that made it so vile. And now we realize that we know where it lives… inside ourselves.

Part of me suspects that I’m a loser, and the other part of me thinks I’m God Almighty.

What I love best in life is new starts.

Every generation laughs at the old fashions, but follows religiously the new.

One can be instructed in society, one is inspired only in solitude.

One can never consent to creep when one feels an impulse to soar.

The thing about the truth is, not a lot of people can handle it.

I don’t look at myself as a commodity, but I’m sure a lot of people have.