People intoxicate themselves with work so they won’t see how they really are.

I have seen many storms in my life. Most storms have caught me by surprise, so I had to learn very quickly to look further and understand that I am not capable of controlling the weather, to exercise the art of patience and to respect the fury of nature.

There’s no reality except the one contained within us. That’s why so many people live an unreal life. They take images outside them for reality and never allow the world within them to assert itself.

What’s dangerous is not to evolve.

Meditation is a great way to keep my body well-centered while juggling shooting schedules and recording sessions.

We are not animals. We are not a product of what has happened to us in our past. We have the power of choice.

Our personal intelligence is everlasting and divine.

Tomorrow, every Fault is to be amended; but that Tomorrow never comes.

What I am looking for is not out there, it is in me.

Some mystery should be left in the revelation of character in a play, just as a great deal of mystery is always left in the revelation of character in life, even in one’s own character to himself.

You can’t talk your way out of problems you behave yourself into.

Thought must be divided against itself before it can come to any knowledge of itself.

Time and money spent in helping men to do more for themselves is far better than mere giving.

Humility is not something that comes naturally. But it is a cardinal virtue that should be pursued more than any other.

I am the only person in the world I should like to know thoroughly.

I always had a repulsive need to be something more than human.

I’m always afraid of failing. I have to quiet that fear if I’m going to get up in the morning.

Is pride, the never-failing vice of fools.

In this business, by the time you realize you’re in trouble, it’s too late to save yourself. Unless you’re running scared all the time, you’re gone.

Imperfection clings to a person, and if they wait till they are brushed off entirely, they would spin for ever on their axis, advancing nowhere.

Man is made by his belief. As he believes, so he is.

Telling us to obey instinct is like telling us to obey ‚people.‘ People say different things: so do instincts. Our instincts are at war… Each instinct, if you listen to it, will claim to be gratified at the expense of the rest.

His was a great sin who first invented consciousness. Let us lose it for a few hours.

Day by day we should weigh what we have granted to the spirit of the world against what we have denied to the spirit of Jesus, in thought and especially in deed.

My biggest skill is common sense. I understand life.

Accountability breeds response-ability.

I’m honest enough to say I don’t know everything. You know, I don’t. I don’t understand all of God. I don’t understand, you know, some kind of why bad things happen.

I’ve watched a lot of people who became famous who completely change and I think it’s because they tend to believe all the hype that’s out there. I don’t think there’s that much hype about me.

If I am walking with two other men, each of them will serve as my teacher. I will pick out the good points of the one and imitate them, and the bad points of the other and correct them in myself.

We are here to unlearn the teachings of the church, state, and our education system.

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.

Your living is determined not so much by what life brings to you as by the attitude you bring to life; not so much by what happens to you as by the way your mind looks at what happens.

You know, most people really don’t know me.

A day wasted on others is not wasted on one’s self.

He who falls in love with himself will have no rivals.

Use what language you will, you can never say anything but what you are.

I never get too high on my stardom or what I can do.

There are old heads in the world who cannot help me by their example or advice to live worthily and satisfactorily to myself; but I believe that it is in my power to elevate myself this very hour above the common level of my life.

We run carelessly to the precipice, after we have put something before us to prevent us seeing it.

In order that people may be happy in their work, these three things are needed: They must be fit for it. They must not do too much of it. And they must have a sense of success in it.

Only the shallow know themselves.

A woman knows by intuition, or instinct, what is best for herself.

There is one thing that gets you out of bed in the morning, and that is discipline. Because your dreams and your goals are not there waking up for you in the morning.

We see the world not as it is, but as we are.

I’m all about evolution. I’m the first person to judge myself.

We all self-conscious. I’m just the first to admit it.

You’ll never rise any higher than the way you see yourself.

He who seeks rest finds boredom. He who seeks work finds rest.

Ah! yes, I know: those who see me rarely trust my word: I must look too intelligent to keep it.

The U. S. Constitution doesn’t guarantee happiness, only the pursuit of it. You have to catch up with it yourself.

To excel at the highest level – or any level, really – you need to believe in yourself, and hands down, one of the biggest contributors to my self-confidence has been private coaching.

I always have a full-length mirror next to the camera when I’m doing publicity stills. That way, I know how I look.

Our whole life is set up in the path of least resistance. We don’t want to suffer. We don’t want to feel discomfort. So the whole time, we’re living our lives in a very comfortable area. There’s no growth in that.

With realization of one’s own potential and self-confidence in one’s ability, one can build a better world.

The best government is that which teaches us to govern ourselves.

Wherever you are, be there totally. If you find your here and now intolerable and it makes you unhappy, you have three options: remove yourself from the situation, change it, or accept it totally. If you want to take responsibility for your life, you must choose one of those three options, and you must choose now. Then accept the consequences.

I love my job, but it’s more than that: I need it.

Your Highest Self is not just an idea that sounds lofty and spiritual. It is a way of being. It is the very first principle that you must come to understand and embrace as you move toward attracting to you that which you want and need for this parenthesis in eternity that you know as your life.

Real life is the life that’s in you, not your circumstances, like where you live or what job you have or who you’re in relationship with.

There are three kinds of intelligence: one kind understands things for itself, the other appreciates what others can understand, the third understands neither for itself nor through others. This first kind is excellent, the second good, and the third kind useless.

Be as you wish to seem.