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

Blessed is he that expects nothing, for he shall never be disappointed.

I think it is the height of ignorance to believe that the sexual act is an independent function necessary like sleeping or eating. Seeing, therefore, that I did not desire more children, I began to strive after self-control. There was endless difficulty in the task.

It is hard sometimes to always be at the centre of attention, but when you talk about me you also have to talk about the climate.

Against the assault of laughter, nothing can stand.

But blind to former as to future fate, what mortal knows his pre-existent state?

People have a hard time letting go of their suffering. Out of a fear of the unknown, they prefer suffering that is familiar.

I say, beware of all enterprises that require new clothes, and not rather a new wearer of clothes.

Think of all the beauty still left around you and be happy.

If you have the ability to pick yourself up by the bootstraps and start over, you come out stronger because you learn from whatever mistakes you made.

I am very fond of truth, but not at all of martyrdom.

Man has two great spiritual needs. One is for forgiveness. The other is for goodness.

Be happy with being you. Love your flaws. Own your quirks. And know that you are just as perfect as anyone else, exactly as you are.

Transforming yourself into a deep listener will not only prove more amusing as you open your mind to their mind, but you will gain the most invaluable lessons about human psychology.

Man is free at the moment he wishes to be.

He who knows that enough is enough will always have enough.

Tact is the ability to describe others as they see themselves.

Every day is a gift from God. There’s no guarantee of tomorrow, so that tells me to see the good in this day to make the most of it.

I believe that unarmed truth and unconditional love will have the final word in reality. This is why right, temporarily defeated, is stronger than evil triumphant.

I am whatever you say I am; if I wasn’t, then why would you say I am.

Never complain and never explain.

The more one does and sees and feels, the more one is able to do, and the more genuine may be one’s appreciation of fundamental things like home, and love, and understanding companionship.

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

No man is hurt but by himself.

The most common way people give up their power is by thinking they don’t have any.

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.

Daring to set boundaries is about having the courage to love ourselves, even when we risk disappointing others.

You cannot create experience. You must undergo it.

With mindfulness, you can establish yourself in the present in order to touch the wonders of life that are available in that moment.

An identity would seem to be arrived at by the way in which the person faces and uses his experience.

No such thing as a man willing to be honest – that would be like a blind man willing to see.

Often, little situations trigger enormous reactions. Be there, present for it. Your partner will find it easier to see it in you, and you will find it easier to see it in them.

We cannot direct the wind, but we can adjust the sails.

My music seems to have a bigger mission than I have, which is very soothing but also very strange because people see more in me than I see, which can be terrifying.

When I was 8 years old I became a mute and was a mute until I was 13, and I thought of my whole body as an ear, so I can go into a crowd and sit still and absorb all sound. That talent or ability has lasted and served me until today.

I’m not a complete psychopath. Am I partially? Sure. I’ll accept that. But I’m not a complete psychopath.

In 7th grade, I believe, I wrote my first rap song. It was about everything I was seeing, everything that was going on around me.

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

The greatest mistake you can make in life is continually fearing that you’ll make one.

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

If you haven’t forgiven yourself something, how can you forgive others.

What we think, we become.

I gather from motivation around me – from a lot of personalities who have done well in their respective fields.

I don’t dabble and spend much mind or time dealing with, I don’t know, people’s perceptions of me. I truly don’t.

As human beings, our greatness lies not so much in being able to remake the world – that is the myth of the atomic age – as in being able to remake ourselves.

I’d like to believe that the people that have supported me in my work or identified with me in films, the people that feel they know me, they do and they don’t have misconceptions – they understand. I believe that.

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

When we see persons of worth, we should think of equaling them; when we see persons of a contrary character, we should turn inwards and examine ourselves.

I think the most important thing is to keep active and to hope that your mind stays active.

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

I love money because I’ve earned it. I won sixty G’s with my first knockout – and the week before, I was collecting social welfare.

When we do the best that we can, we never know what miracle is wrought in our life, or in the life of another.

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

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

I’m happy being myself, which I’ve never been before. I always hid in other people, or tried to find myself through the characters, or live out their lives, but I didn’t have those things in mine.

One of the wonderful things about Oprah: She teaches you to keep on stepping.

I’m confident with my ability.

Man can hardly even recognize the devils of his own creation.

I think I lived those years very impersonally. It was almost as though I had erected someone outside myself who was the president’s wife. I was lost somewhere deep down inside myself. That is the way I felt and worked until I left the White House.

My weaknesses have always been food and men – in that order.

You can’t do something forever.