One ought to hold on to one’s heart; for if one lets it go, one soon loses control of the head too.

It’s simple, if it jiggles, it’s fat.

You have power over your mind – not outside events. Realize this, and you will find strength.

A man who is not afraid is not aggressive, a man who has no sense of fear of any kind is really a free, a peaceful man.

You need to understand what works best for your own body.

I never desired to please the rabble. What pleased them, I did not learn; and what I knew was far removed from their understanding.

I know so many people who feel hopeless, and they ask me, ‚What should I do?‘ And I say: ‚Act. Do something.‘ Because that is the best medicine against sadness and depression.

It is a fine thing to have ability, but the ability to discover ability in others is the true test.

Just as the wave cannot exist for itself, but is ever a part of the heaving surface of the ocean, so must I never live my life for itself, but always in the experience which is going on around me.

Pretension is a poor joke that you play on yourself. Snap out of it. Recognise your strengths, work on your weaknesses. Real achievement is liking what you see in the mirror every morning.

Expect nothing. Live frugally on surprise.

There’s a difference in thinking you are a champion and knowing that you are.

Things done well and with a care, exempt themselves from fear.

Control thy passions lest they take vengence on thee.

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

I love playing ego and insecurity combined.

Unlike some politicians, I can admit to a mistake.

I love women with attitude.

To realize that you do not understand is a virtue; Not to realize that you do not understand is a defect.

I don’t carry the burden of the past or the madness of the future. I live in the present.

The aim of a joke is not to degrade the human being, but to remind him that he is already degraded.

I’m not a New Age person, but I do believe in meditation, and for that reason I’ve always liked the Buddhist religion. When I’ve been to Japan, I’ve been to Buddhist temples and meditated, and I found that rewarding.

Learning about climate change triggered my depression in the first place. But it was also what got me out of my depression, because there were things I could do to improve the situation. I don’t have time to be depressed anymore.

Between stimulus and response, there is a space where we choose our response.

I was ashamed to admit I was hipped to the idea of acting. That’s why I started in with the props.

A man is what he thinks about all day long.

Of all acts of man repentance is the most divine. The greatest of all faults is to be conscious of none.

Example is leadership.

If you live only in one culture for the first 20 years of your life, you become conditioned without knowing it.

The older I get, the better I understand that every day is a gift.

Stop acting as if life is a rehearsal. Live this day as if it were your last. The past is over and gone. The future is not guaranteed.

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

Men’s actions are too strong for them. Show me a man who has acted, and who has not been the victim and slave of his action.

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.

The day I wake up without cellulite? Now that would be the perfect day.

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

My weaknesses have always been food and men – in that order.

Reacting in anger or annoyance will not advance one’s ability to persuade.

Nothing is at last sacred but the integrity of your own mind.

You practice mindfulness, on the one hand, to be calm and peaceful. On the other hand, as you practice mindfulness and live a life of peace, you inspire hope for a future of peace.

In every walk with nature one receives far more than he seeks.

It is far better to grasp the universe as it really is than to persist in delusion, however satisfying and reassuring.

I feel you’re in charge of your own situation.

We must find our duties in what comes to us, not in what might have been.

I am particularly drawn to the form of meditation called Japa. I know it works.

I have never given adoration to any body except myself.

It is important for you to know who you are and who you may become. It is more important than what you do, even as vital as your work is and will be.

The ego is only an illusion, but a very influential one. Letting the ego-illusion become your identity can prevent you from knowing your true self. Ego, the false idea of believing that you are what you have or what you do, is a backwards way of assessing and living life.

I’m not claiming divinity. I’ve never claimed purity of soul. I’ve never claimed to have the answers to life. I only put out songs and answer questions as honestly as I can… But I still believe in peace, love and understanding.

I’m very type-A, and many things in my life are about control and domination, but eating should be a submissive experience, where you let down your guard and enjoy the ride.

We have to confront ourselves. Do we like what we see in the mirror? And, according to our light, according to our understanding, according to our courage, we will have to say yea or nay – and rise!

I find with most of my readers are kind of like me, sort of people who were a little bit naive in life and then learned the hard way that this is what’s going on, the political games and most of my readers write to me telling me that the book helped them open their eyes to what other people are doing to them.

To be awake is to be alive.

There is nothing noble in being superior to your fellow men. True nobility lies in being superior to your former self.

Since I was 16, I’ve felt a black cloud hangs over me. Since then, I have taken pills for depression.

They tell us that suicide is the greatest piece of cowardice… that suicide is wrong; when it is quite obvious that there is nothing in the world to which every man has a more unassailable title than to his own life and person.

You are not a problem that needs solving.

The greatest remedy for anger is delay.

Die to everything of yesterday so that your mind is always fresh, always young, innocent, full of vigor and passion.

Whoever undertakes to set himself up as a judge of Truth and Knowledge is shipwrecked by the laughter of the gods.

Every spoken word arouses our self-will.