The real truths of life are never entirely new to you or to anybody because there is a level deep down within you where you already know all the things, all those spiritual truths that you read or hear, and then recognize them. I say ‚recognize‘ because you’re not… it’s not new.

We know the truth, not only by the reason, but also by the heart.

Life’s too short to deal with other people’s insecurities.

Don’t gain the world and lose your soul; wisdom is better than silver or gold.

First, I’m trying to prove to myself that I’m a person. Then maybe I’ll convince myself that I’m an actress.

We should all be obliged to appear before a board every five years and justify our existence… on pain of liquidation.

Reactive people… are often affected by their physical environment. They find external sources to blame for their behavior.

I want to be just a pure spiritual leader.

I’m so happy I discovered early how wonderful music makes me feel.

Beware of the man who does not return your blow: he neither forgives you nor allows you to forgive yourself.

If we were not all so interested in ourselves, life would be so uninteresting that none of us would be able to endure it.

There are hunters, and there are victims. By your discipline, cunning, obedience, and alertness, you will decide if you are a hunter or a victim.

As I approve of a youth that has something of the old man in him, so I am no less pleased with an old man that has something of the youth. He that follows this rule may be old in body, but can never be so in mind.

If somebody thinks they’re a hedgehog, presumably you just give ‚em a mirror and a few pictures of hedgehogs and tell them to sort it out for themselves.

Meditation is a state of mind which looks at everything with complete attention, totally, not just parts of it. And no one can teach you how to be attentive. If any system teaches you how to be attentive, then you are attentive to the system, and that is not attention.

Life levels all men. Death reveals the eminent.

I believe enlightenment or revelation comes in daily life. I look for joy, the peace of action. You need action. I’d have stopped writing years ago if it were for the money.

You are the universe, you aren’t in the universe.

It’s easy to forget who you are.

To win MVP was a dream come true for sure, but there are guys who have done this multiple times.

The man who acquires the ability to take full possession of his own mind may take possession of anything else to which he is justly entitled.

He that sows thorns should never go barefoot.

I think I have always had a little humor.

So then, the relationship of self to other is the complete realization that loving yourself is impossible without loving everything defined as other than yourself.

Experience without theory is blind, but theory without experience is mere intellectual play.

I don’t mind people hating me, because it pushes me.

I sometimes have a tendency to walk on the dark side.

Your entire life only happens in this moment. The present moment is life itself. Yet, people live as if the opposite were true and treat the present moment as a stepping stone to the next moment – a means to an end.

The sage does not hoard. The more he helps others, the more he benefits himself, The more he gives to others, the more he gets himself. The Way of Heaven does one good but never does one harm. The Way of the sage is to act but not to compete.

You don’t need anybody to tell you who you are or what you are. You are what you are!

Changing is not just changing the things outside of us. First of all we need the right view that transcends all notions including of being and non-being, creator and creature, mind and spirit. That kind of insight is crucial for transformation and healing.

It is our choices… that show what we truly are, far more than our abilities.

Wise men don’t need advice. Fools won’t take it.

Help others and give something back. I guarantee you will discover that while public service improves the lives and the world around you, its greatest reward is the enrichment and new meaning it will bring your own life.

Rashness belongs to youth; prudence to old age.

I’m not intimidated by how people perceive me.

Once you begin to fall off the track and believe you breathe different air to everyone else, you’re doomed; you’re finished.

The more extensive a man’s knowledge of what has been done, the greater will be his power of knowing what to do.

When you are offended at any man’s fault, turn to yourself and study your own failings. Then you will forget your anger.

We grow older, but we do not change. We become more sophisticated, but at bottom we continue to resemble our young selves, eager to listen to the next story and the next, and the next.

Everyone has noticed how hard it is to turn our thoughts to God when everything is going well with us… While what we call ‚our own life‘ remains agreeable, we will not surrender it to Him. What, then, can God do in our interests but make ‚our own life‘ less agreeable to us, and take away the plausible sources of false happiness?

I always tried to turn every disaster into an opportunity.

I’m reflective only in the sense that I learn to move forward. I reflect with a purpose.

The wise are wise only because they love. The fool are fools only because they think they can understand love.

We are wiser than we know.

People will try to bring you down, but you gotta go up.

One must still have chaos in oneself to be able to give birth to a dancing star.

I was the one who took football off the back pages and put it on to page one.

Sometimes I’m a bit under-aggressive and sometimes a bit over. But I think it’s good to have both.

For me, education was power.

I’m first and foremost a writer. I followed my personal legend, my childhood dream of becoming a writer, but I can’t say why I’m one.

Life is about growing and improving and getting better.

I kinda live where I find myself.

My one big regret is that I didn’t play on for ten more years.

When your higher self is present, it always promotes peace.

Helped are those who create anything at all, for they shall relive the thrill of their own conception and realize a partnership in the creation of the Universe that keeps them responsible and cheerful.

I learned a great many years ago that in a fight between husband and wife, a third party should never get between the woman’s skillet and the man’s ax-helve.

The highest result of education is tolerance.

For me, it’s about the way I carry myself and the way I treat other people. My relationship and how I feel about God and what He does for me, is something deeply personal. It’s where I came from, my family, I was brought up in a religious household and that’s very important to me.

My future is righteousness.

I admire people who destroy themselves.