Read a record number of books in a given month. If you’re focused on intellectual growth, train yourself to study harder and longer than ever before.

I never experiment with anything in my books. Experimentation means you don’t know what you’re doing.

A Religion of Evolution: that, when all is said and done, is what Man needs ever more explicitly if he is to survive and ‚superlive,‘ as soon as he becomes conscious of his power to ultra-hominize himself and of his duty to do so.

Make bold choices and make mistakes. It’s all those things that add up to the person you become.

I am results-oriented.

There is no way to happiness – happiness is the way.

I think everybody has something that they’ve been obsessed about in their lifetime.

Courage is like love; it must have hope for nourishment.

There are going to be things I’m not going to be great at, times when I make mistakes, 100%.

My biggest criticism is how can people be so easily satisfied? Even people with talent.

The major reason for setting a goal is for what it makes of you to accomplish it. What it makes of you will always be the far greater value than what you get.

Honor thy error as a hidden intention.

The first principle is that you must not fool yourself and you are the easiest person to fool.

I am 55 years old now. It takes three years to write one book. I don’t know how many books I will be able to write before I die. It is like a countdown. So with each book I am praying – please let me live until I am finished.

If a man empties his purse into his head, no one can take it from him.

To not to have entirely wasted one’s life seems to be a worthy accomplishment, if only for myself.

You will be as much value to others as you have been to yourself.

Difficulties strengthen the mind, as labor does the body.

Education forms the common mind. Just as the twig is bent, the tree’s inclined.

‚Perfection‘ to me is, I walk away from a situation and say, ‚I did everything I could do right there. There was nothing more that I could do.‘ I was a hundred percent, like the meter was at the top. There was nothing else I could have done. You know? Like, I worked as hard as I possibly could have. That’s perfection.

There’s not a note of mine that’s worth the noting.

O wretched man, wretched not just because of what you are, but also because you do not know how wretched you are!

Being self-made means never making an excuse as to why you can’t take steps toward whatever your goal is.

Only by joy and sorrow does a person know anything about themselves and their destiny. They learn what to do and what to avoid.

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

There are worse crimes than burning books. One of them is not reading them.

You’re not a product of your nature. That is your genetic makeup or your nurture, the things that have happened to you. Of course those things affect you powerfully, but they do not determine you.

An ant on the move does more than a dozing ox.

The best way to cheer yourself up is to try to cheer somebody else up.

The wise use of your freedom to make your own decisions is crucial to your spiritual growth, now and for eternity.

Perfectionism is not the same thing as striving to be our best. Perfectionism is not about healthy achievement and growth; it’s a shield.

Even the knowledge of my own fallibility cannot keep me from making mistakes. Only when I fall do I get up again.

I’m not critic-proof, and I still take it personally, but I take it less personally now.

Beware the barrenness of a busy life.

If there are people you haven’t forgiven, you’re not going to really awaken. You have to let go.

The secret of your success is determined by your daily agenda.

It is only imperfection that complains of what is imperfect. The more perfect we are the more gentle and quiet we become towards the defects of others.

Books are like a mirror. If an ass looks in, you can’t expect an angel to look out.

None of us will ever accomplish anything excellent or commanding except when he listens to this whisper which is heard by him alone.

It is easier to be critical than correct.

Become slower in your journey through life. Practice yoga and meditation if you suffer from ‚hurry sickness.‘ Become more introspective by visiting quiet places such as churches, museums, mountains and lakes. Give yourself permission to read at least one novel a month for pleasure.

Passions are vices or virtues to their highest powers.

Religion is essentially the art and the theory of the remaking of man. Man is not a finished creation.

I always pass on good advice. It is the only thing to do with it. It is never of any use to oneself.

When a person cannot deceive himself the chances are against his being able to deceive other people.

Without discipline, there’s no life at all.

Our generation in the west was lucky: we had readymade gateways. We had books, paper, teachers, schools and libraries. But many in the world lack these luxuries. How do you practice without such tryout venues?

There are no limitations to the mind except those we acknowledge.

The chief reason for going to school is to get the impression fixed for life that there is a book side for everything.

The final proof of greatness lies in being able to endure criticism without resentment.

I don’t want to make money, I just want to be wonderful.

I am just one human being.

It is just that we should be grateful, not only to those with whose views we may agree, but also to those who have expressed more superficial views; for these also contributed something, by developing before us the powers of thought.

Kings are not born: they are made by artificial hallucination.

Is there anyone so wise as to learn by the experience of others?

The life so short, the craft so long to learn.

I always believe that there should come a time when your energy, speed, stamina should combine well with your brains.

I learned a long time ago that reality was much weirder than anyone’s imagination.

I realize I don’t do a very good job in keeping up to date, but I try to.

A wise man is cured of ambition by ambition itself; his aim is so exalted that riches, office, fortune and favour cannot satisfy him.

A president has an inescapable responsibility to provide direction: What are we trying to achieve? What are we trying to prevent? Why? To do that, he has to both analyze and reflect.