To be happy we must not be too concerned with others.

Be content with what you have; rejoice in the way things are. When you realize there is nothing lacking, the whole world belongs to you.

I’m very, very serious – I’m serious enough not to take myself too seriously. That means I can be completely wedded to the moment. But when I leave that moment, I want to be completely wedded to the next moment.

What sunshine is to flowers, smiles are to humanity. These are but trifles, to be sure; but scattered along life’s pathway, the good they do is inconceivable.

Choosing to be positive and having a grateful attitude is going to determine how you’re going to live your life.

I don’t have any regrets. I made all my own decisions.

Healing is a matter of time, but it is sometimes also a matter of opportunity.

Spread love everywhere you go. Let no one ever come to you without leaving happier.

Many persons have a wrong idea of what constitutes true happiness. It is not attained through self-gratification but through fidelity to a worthy purpose.

Wishing to be friends is quick work, but friendship is a slow ripening fruit.

Don’t judge. I used to buy underwear because I didn’t do my laundry.

I don’t think there’s anyone who would say they don’t want or need more of God’s power in their life.

Know, first, who you are, and then adorn yourself accordingly.

A chief event of life is the day in which we have encountered a mind that startled us.

The best part about being in your thirties is you know what works for you.

Nothing I can say or devise, and nothing anybody else can say or devise, is going to be perfect.

Impart as much as you can of your spiritual being to those who are on the road with you, and accept as something precious what comes back to you from them.

The brain is like a muscle. When it is in use we feel very good. Understanding is joyous.

Just as your car runs more smoothly and requires less energy to go faster and farther when the wheels are in perfect alignment, you perform better when your thoughts, feelings, emotions, goals, and values are in balance.

What I want for my fans and for the world, for anyone who feels pain, is to lean into that pain and embrace it as much as they can and begin the healing process.

There’s nothing like the endorphins from being fit, and the incredible endorphin rush that goes with that.

It seems the older you get, the more life comes into focus.

I’ve learned over the years that when I go to that place of passion within me, there’s no force in the universe that can interfere with my completing a project.

In all affairs it’s a healthy thing now and then to hang a question mark on the things you have long taken for granted.

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

Yes, it is one of my ultimate aims – it is the ultimate sense of football: to make the people happy, to let them live some emotions that you usually can’t get.

How do I confront aging? With a wonder and a terror. Yeah, I’ll say that. Wonder and terror.

Wisdom allows nothing to be good that will not be so forever; no man to be happy but he that needs no other happiness than what he has within himself; no man to be great or powerful that is not master of himself.

Music is so therapeutic for me that if I can’t get it out, I start feeling bad about myself – a lot of self-loathing.

I really have had to swallow my own prejudice at times.

Little things affect little minds.

Every one of my regrets has produced a song I’m proud of.

I cry so much less than I used to. I used to be one of the most teary people.

To be idle and to be poor have always been reproaches, and therefore every man endeavors with his utmost care to hide his poverty from others, and his idleness from himself.

It is not God’s will merely that we should be happy, but that we should make ourselves happy.

Back in the day, what motivated me was overcoming myself. Now I believe in being a leader. I’ve done it all – I’m good. Now, it’s about setting an example for others to follow. I can’t just talk it – I have to live it.

Always do what you are afraid to do.

I had a really good childhood up until I was nine, then a classic case of divorce really affected me.

The best measure of a man’s honesty isn’t his income tax return. It’s the zero adjust on his bathroom scale.

Vanity is the healthiest thing in life.

People respond when you tell them there is a great future in front of you, you can leave your past behind.

A warrior is not a person that carries a gun. The biggest war you ever go through is right between your own ears. It’s in your mind. We’re all going through a war in our mind, and we have to callus our mind to fight that war and to win that war.

The same thing I did in 2013 is what I’m trying to do in 2014, which is continue to improve, continue to shock people. You know, I have several projects coming up between 2014 and 2015, and hopefully by 2015, I’ll have another hour of stand-up material where I’ll be able to go on the road and tour again.

Remorse sleeps during prosperity but awakes bitter consciousness during adversity.

Since everything is in our heads, we had better not lose them.

The word ‚happy‘ would lose its meaning if it were not balanced by sadness.

There are certain things that bother me and certain things that don’t. Personal attacks on me? I think I’m just so used to it.

It is really very important while you are young to live in an environment in which there is no fear. Most of us, as we grow older, become frightened; we are afraid of living, afraid of losing a job, afraid of tradition, afraid of what the neighbours, or what the wife or husband would say, afraid of death.

Enjoyment is an incredible energizer to the human spirit.

Frustration is a sign I am acting independently. The more you try your own way, the tighter the doors will stay closed.

I’m still living at least five parallel lives, honestly! I wonder about it. I have no idea how that happens.

I would maintain that thanks are the highest form of thought, and that gratitude is happiness doubled by wonder.

All my life I’ve been taught how to die, but no one ever taught me how to grow old.

How easy it is to govern when one follows a system of consulting the will of the people and one holds as the only norm all the actions which contribute to the well being of the people.

Happiness is within the reach of everyone, rich or poor. Yet comparatively few people are happy. I believe the reason for this is that the majority don’t recognize happiness even when it is within their grasp.

Total relaxation is the secret to enjoying sitting meditation. I sit with my spine upright, but not rigid; and I relax all the muscles in my body.

I always say, decisions I make, I live with them. There’s always ways you can correct them or ways you can do them better. At the end of the day, I live with them.

Sleep is all about recovering. So if you’re not sleeping, you’re not recovering. And if you’re going to break your body down a lot, you better find ways to build it back up. And the only way to do that is get a lot of sleep. So for me, I go to bed at like 8:30, 9:00. As soon as I put my kids to bed. Because I’m up at 5:30 the next day.

What should young people do with their lives today? Many things, obviously. But the most daring thing is to create stable communities in which the terrible disease of loneliness can be cured.

My freshman and sophomore years in high school, I spent a lot of time trying to get back on the right track. I was arrested multiple times by the time I was 16, so I had a little harder time trying to adjust like a lot of us do in high school.

A man wrapped up in himself makes a very small bundle.