Unlike some politicians, I can admit to a mistake.

The truth doesn’t hurt unless it ought to.

The line between failure and success is so fine that we scarcely know when we pass it: so fine that we are often on the line and do not know it.

Is it not enough to know the evil to shun it? If not, we should be sincere enough to admit that we love evil too well to give it up.

There’s a deceptive sin that can keep us from walking in love: pride. It’s deceptive because when you have pride, you’re usually too proud to admit it. I know this because I used to have teachings on pride and they didn’t sell well.

There’s only one corner of the universe you can be certain of improving, and that’s your own self.

Now that I understand that I’m an addict, I definitely have compassion for my mother. I get it.

We are what we pretend to be, so we must be careful what we pretend to be.

People just overshoot trying to find God. They’re going outside and trying everything. They don’t realize that it’s right inside themselves.

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.

Send forth the child and childish man together, and blush for the pride that libels our own old happy state, and gives its title to an ugly and distorted image.

If I’d written all the truth I knew for the past ten years, about 600 people – including me – would be rotting in prison cells from Rio to Seattle today. Absolute truth is a very rare and dangerous commodity in the context of professional journalism.

If all my bridge coach ever told me was that I was ‚satisfactory,‘ I would have no hope of ever getting better. How would I know who was the best? How would I know what I was doing differently?

Self-pity in its early stage is as snug as a feather mattress. Only when it hardens does it become uncomfortable.

Sometimes when you’ve had a long series of disappointing things happen, you can get into the very bad habit of just expecting more of what you’ve already had.

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.

The only tyrant I accept in this world is the still voice within.

How simple a thing it seems to me that to know ourselves as we are, we must know our mothers names.

I’m crazy, but I’m not too crazy.

There are two kinds of people in this world. ‚I‘ people and ‚we‘ people. I’ve always tried to be a ‚we‘ person.

Always prefer the plain direct word to the long, vague one. Don’t implement promises, but keep them.

To do the same thing over and over again is not only boredom: it is to be controlled by rather than to control what you do.

You cannot be in a position of power and destroy the life of another person.

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

All my big mistakes are when I try to second-guess or please an audience. My work is always stronger when I get very selfish about it.

It is a mistake to look too far ahead. Only one link of the chain of destiny can be handled at a time.

We will always tend to fulfill our own expectation of ourselves.

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.

And suddenly I realised that I was no longer driving the car consciously. I was driving it by a kind of instinct, only I was in a different dimension.

I think life is a matter of choices and that wherever we are, good or bad, is because of choices we make.

Being a full human being is difficult, frightening, and problematical.

When you have to make a choice and don’t make it, that is in itself a choice.

I say, ‚Yeah, Taylor Swift.‘ I think she is a smart, beautiful girl. I think she’s making all the right moves. She’s got a good head on her shoulders. She’s surrounded with wonderful people. Her songs are great. She keeps herself anchored. She knows who she is, and she’s living and standing by that.

I am being frank about myself in this book. I tell of my first mistake on page 850.

I was always taught not to answer no questions. I’m not really good at answering them because I get agitated so fast.

Every one suspects himself of at least one of the cardinal virtues.

People are more aware now of cities and of different ways of life. I suppose the writing I do is a bit in the past, and I’m not sure it’s the kind of writing I would do if I were starting now.

I have offended God and mankind because my work didn’t reach the quality it should have.

Imaginary evils soon become real one by indulging our reflections on them.

He knows my limitations and where I’m a good wife and a good mom.

I always try to do as much as I can do. I’m never a person that does not enough, because I’d regret not doing enough and think I probably could have done more. I probably go too far and have to reel myself back in, which works in some things, and other things it doesn’t work.

In retrospect, I can see I couldn’t talk to people face to face, so I got on stage and started screaming and squealing and twitching about. Ha! Like, that sure made sense!

One might say that our words are a movie screen that reveals what we have been thinking and the attitudes we have.

No one is laughable who laughs at himself.

Who had deceived thee so often as thyself?

Next to doing the right thing, the most important thing is to let people know you are doing the right thing.

Honesty is the first chapter in the book of wisdom.

Power does not change you, it unmasks you.

To make your children capable of honesty is the beginning of education.

I’ve been reckless, but I’m not a rebel without a cause.

We must reject the idea that every time a law’s broken, society is guilty rather than the lawbreaker. It is time to restore the American precept that each individual is accountable for his actions.

A daily portion is really all we need. We do not need tomorrow’s supply, for that day has not yet dawned, and its needs are still unborn.

We must distinguish between speaking to deceive and being silent to be reserved.

Men often take their imagination for their heart; and they believe they are converted as soon as they think of being converted.

Being at ease with not knowing is crucial for answers to come to you.

I’ve had no problem harnessing anger.

I’ve laid my friends bare.

There will be no whitewash in the White House.

There’s no way to remove the observer – us – from our perceptions of the world.

Many people would be surprised that, in fact, I’m quite shy.

The mind is a superb instrument if used rightly. Used wrongly, however, it becomes very destructive. To put it more accurately… you usually don’t use it at all. It uses you.