You simply have to accept that your demons are a part of you.

The important thing is that men should have a purpose in life. It should be something useful, something good.

Rioting is a childish way of trying to be a man, but it takes time to rise out of the hell of hatred and frustration and accept that to be a man you don’t have to riot.

Pick the day. Enjoy it – to the hilt. The day as it comes. People as they come… The past, I think, has helped me appreciate the present – and I don’t want to spoil any of it by fretting about the future.

I’ve always kinda been a little outcast myself, a little oddball, doin‘ my thing, my own way. And it’s been hard for me to, to be accepted, certainly in the early years of my life.

I have lost my mental faculties but am perfectly well.

Avoid popularity if you would have peace.

Health is the greatest possession. Contentment is the greatest treasure. Confidence is the greatest friend. Non-being is the greatest joy.

The chains of habit are too weak to be felt until they are too strong to be broken.

Invest three percent of your income in yourself (self-development) in order to guarantee your future.

I was in a terrible mess in my childhood.

You aren’t learning anything when you’re talking.

Through my films I’m eventually trying to one day tell the truth. I don’t know if I’m ever going to get there, but I’m slowly letting pieces of myself out there and then maybe by the time I’m 85, I’ll look back and say, ‚All right, that about sums it up.‘

Change is always tough. Even for those who see themselves as agents of change, the process of starting a new thing can cause times of disorientation, uncertainty and insecurity.

Could the young but realize how soon they will become mere walking bundles of habits, they would give more heed to their conduct while in the plastic state.

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

If you can do a half-assed job of anything, you’re a one-eyed man in a kingdom of the blind.

It takes a great deal of character strength to apologize quickly out of one’s heart rather than out of pity. A person must possess himself and have a deep sense of security in fundamental principles and values in order to genuinely apologize.

Time and money spent in helping men to do more for themselves is far better than mere giving.

The utmost extent of man’s knowledge, is to know that he knows nothing.

Out of timber so crooked as that from which man is made nothing entirely straight can be carved.

There are a lot of things I never did, because I believe in watching those true Hollywood stories and I see how easy it is to lose track of your life.

The trained mind is a rich mind.

It’s not to much fun to know yourself too well or think you do – everyone needs a little conceit to carry them through & past the falls.

So many people have this idea: I want to achieve something great or be somebody great. And they neglect the step that leads to greatness. They don’t honor this step at this moment because they have this idea of some future moment where they are going to be great.

I never come back home with the same moral character I went out with; something or other becomes unsettled where I had achieved internal peace; some one or other of the things I had put to flight reappears on the scene.

I never make conscious decisions.

I think I have to trust that you end up with the person you’re supposed to end up with, and that everything in between is there to teach you stuff.

Showing off is the fool’s idea of glory.

I just want people to be the best thems and live the happiest lives possible.

One travels more usefully when alone, because he reflects more.

Many years ago, I concluded that a few hair shirts were part of the mental wardrobe of every man. The president differs from other men in that he has a more extensive wardrobe.

For a man to achieve all that is demanded of him he must regard himself as greater than he is.

Think of yourself as on the threshold of unparalleled success. A whole, clear, glorious life lies before you. Achieve! Achieve!

Either you think, or else others have to think for you and take power from you, pervert and discipline your natural tastes, civilize and sterilize you.

Transformation literally means going beyond your form.

Never mistake motion for action.

I let the American people down.

I have learned not to worry about love; but to honor its coming with all my heart.

Any fool can criticize, condemn and complain – and most fools do.

I know nothing except the fact of my ignorance.

I had wanted a tape recorder since I was tiny. I thought it was a magic thing. I never got one until just before I went to art school.

Because your own strength is unequal to the task, do not assume that it is beyond the powers of man; but if anything is within the powers and province of man, believe that it is within your own compass also.

To this day, some of my closest friends say, ‚Gaga, you know, everything’s great. You’re a singer; your dreams have come true.‘ But, still, when certain things are said to you over and over again as you’re growing up, it stays with you and you wonder if they’re true.

Even with all the advantages of retrospect, and a lot of witnesses dead and gone, you can’t make your life look as if you intended it or you were consistent. All you can show is how you dealt with various hands.

Even when you’re 50, you can make the effort to improve your standards.

A child-like man is not a man whose development has been arrested; on the contrary, he is a man who has given himself a chance of continuing to develop long after most adults have muffled themselves in the cocoon of middle-aged habit and convention.

I would like to fly in space. Absolutely. That would be cool. I used to just do personally risky things, but now I’ve got kids and responsibilities, so I can’t be my own test pilot. That wouldn’t be a good idea. But I definitely want to fly as soon as it’s a sensible thing to do.

I’m pretty positive, optimistic, so I always expect the best.

You can retire from a job, but don’t ever retire from making extremely meaningful contributions in life.

I remain just one thing, and one thing only, and that is a clown. It places me on a far higher plane than any politician.

I don’t want to be an action star, an action star’s life is so short. I want my life to get longer, I want my career to get longer.

God made you a masterpiece – be blessed, secure, disciplined and equipped.

I’m just like you – I want to be a good human being. I’m doing my best, and I’m working at it. And I’m trying to be a Christian. I’m always amazed when people walk up to me and say, ‚I’m a Christian.‘ I always think, ‚Already? You’ve already got it?‘ I’m working at it. And at my age, I’ll still be working at it at 96.

If I feel anxious every time someone is staring at me, well, I can’t control what they stare at, but my reaction is, I’m just not going to go outside the house. I’m going to stay in and chill. And when I do go out, I understand what comes along with that.

I sometimes ask people, ‚Can you be aware of your own presence? Not the thoughts that you’re having, not the emotions that you’re having, but the very presence of your very being?‘ You become aware of your own presence by sensing the entire energy field in your body that is alive. And that is the totality of your presence.

I wasn’t that great a chef, and I don’t think I’m that great a writer.

I don’t have the best track record with quotes.

Education comes from within; you get it by struggle and effort and thought.

One of the best mental disciplines for people to implement is simply putting together a schedule or a task list and actually executing it. Write the list or the schedule the night before, and then do what you said you would do. Life becomes much better when you do that.

We are braver and wiser because they existed, those strong women and strong men… We are who we are because they were who they were. It’s wise to know where you come from, who called your name.