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.

We cannot change anything until we accept it. Condemnation does not liberate, it oppresses.

The longer I live, the more I feel that true repose consists in ‚renouncing‘ one’s own self, by which I mean making up one’s mind to admit that there is no importance whatever in being ‚happy‘ or ‚unhappy‘ in the usual meaning of the words.

I made bad decisions. I’m not denying that I made bad decisions.

To enjoy freedom we have to control ourselves.

Don’t make me into this airy-fairy, moralist, idealist because I’m not.

Now I realize that from ’72 through to about ’76, I was the ultimate rock star. I couldn’t have been more rock star.

I mean we all need a second chance sometimes.

Does anybody really think that they didn’t get what they had because they didn’t have the talent or the strength or the endurance or the commitment?

It is the nature of every person to error, but only the fool perseveres in error.

We all want progress, but if you’re on the wrong road, progress means doing an about-turn and walking back to the right road; in that case, the man who turns back soonest is the most progressive.

Whenever you do a thing, act as if all the world were watching.

The secret of happiness is this: let your interests be as wide as possible, and let your reactions to the things and persons that interest you be as far as possible friendly rather than hostile.

We are often raised as dependents then given over to teachers. It’s experience and exploration that can transform us and lead to mastery.

When one does away with oneself one does the most estimable thing possible: one thereby almost deserves to live.

The United States fully accepts the profound truth that our own progress, prosperity, and peace are interlocked with the progress, prosperity, and peace of all humanity.

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.

As a lifestyle you always being the focal point is innately unhealthy.

The greatest deception men suffer is from their own opinions.

What you put into life is what you get out of it.

Beware of the man who works hard to learn something, learns it, and finds himself no wiser than before.

He who falls in love with himself will have no rivals.

What a blind person needs is not a teacher but another self.

I thank God I’m in a position where I can pick and choose – there are some roles I don’t play.

I always had a sense of discipline in me. However, there was a time when I couldn’t divide my time properly between off-field things and on-field assignments. The focus would be missing at times, and that would affect my preparation for matches. I managed to change that.

Complaining is dangerous business. It can damage or even destroy your relationship with God, your relationships with other people, and even with your relationship with yourself.

Sure, I can get a little bit jealous. The good part about jealousy is that it comes from passion. It’s also the dangerous part and it’s an ugly emotion that hurts.

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

Part of me suspects that I’m a loser, and the other part of me thinks I’m God Almighty.

Money and time are the heaviest burdens of life, and… the unhappiest of all mortals are those who have more of either than they know how to use.

Power does not change you, it unmasks you.

The absolute transformation of everything that we ever thought about music will take place within 10 years, and nothing is going to be able to stop it. I see absolutely no point in pretending that it’s not going to happen. I’m fully confident that copyright, for instance, will no longer exist in 10 years.

It is possible to live happily in the here and the now. So many conditions of happiness are available – more than enough for you to be happy right now. You don’t have to run into the future in order to get more.

The person who has lived the most is not the one with the most years but the one with the richest experiences.

When people are lame, they love to blame.

No man ever achieved worth-while success who did not, at one time or other, find himself with at least one foot hanging well over the brink of failure.

Legend: A lie that has attained the dignity of age.

If a man constantly aspires is he not elevated?

We all have a tendency to avoid our weaknesses. When we do that, we never progress or get any better.

I don’t want to be something that just comes and goes.

Don’t wish it were easier, wish you were better.

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

The incomparable greatness of the religions of the East lies in their having been second to none in vibrating with the passion for unity. This note, which is essential to every form of mysticism, has even penetrated them so deeply that we find ourselves falling under a spell simply by uttering the names of their Gods.

From the dust of the earth, from the common elementary fund, the Creator has made Homo sapiens. From the same material he has made every other creature, however noxious and insignificant to us. They are earth-born companions and our fellow mortals.

We are continually shaped by the forces of coincidence.

We are going to transform Britain’s rail system from the worst in the world to the best. If you can do a few things like that, when the body gives out, you can say you’ve lived a good life.

Tonight, we gather to affirm the greatness of our nation – not because of the height of our skyscrapers, or the power of our military, or the size of our economy. Our pride is based on a very simple premise, summed up in a declaration made over two hundred years ago.

I am a sinner. This is the most accurate definition. It is not a figure of speech, a literary genre. I am a sinner.

I grow daily to honour facts more and more, and theory less and less. A fact, it seems to me, is a great thing; a sentence printed, if not by God, then at least by the Devil.

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.

I’m always afraid of failing. I have to quiet that fear if I’m going to get up in the morning.

You have to be someone.

More people should read books. It’s the most concentrated experience you can have.

When I came into this industry, I was never afraid to be myself.

I think that people just have this core desire to express who they are. And I think that’s always existed.

There are phases in life which surface at times, and it makes you understand that despite you working hard, everything what you are doing is probably not enough. That’s when you need to look around, and beyond.

Confidence comes from discipline and training.

I care not what others think of what I do, but I care very much about what I think of what I do! That is character!

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.

If you are lonely when you’re alone, you are in bad company.

The more you know the less you need to say.