I’ve watched a lot of people who became famous who completely change and I think it’s because they tend to believe all the hype that’s out there. I don’t think there’s that much hype about me.

Life is ten percent what happens to you and ninety percent how you respond to it.

When I grew up, the Devil was a reason why I had a headache or the Devil was the reason I got mad today. We always blamed the Devil. I think today when I say the Enemy, I like to make it broader. Sometimes the Enemy can be our own thoughts.

Through our own recovered innocence we discern the innocence of our neighbors.

Little minds are interested in the extraordinary; great minds in the commonplace.

There are no facts, only interpretations.

There is no king who has not had a slave among his ancestors, and no slave who has not had a king among his.

What’s the greater risk? Letting go of what people think – or letting go of how I feel, what I believe, and who I am?

Nothing in the world is irreversible, not even capitalism.

Why is it that we rejoice at a birth and grieve at a funeral? It is because we are not the person involved.

The only difference between me and a madman is that I’m not mad.

Die to everything of yesterday so that your mind is always fresh, always young, innocent, full of vigor and passion.

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

It’s lack that gives us inspiration. It’s not fullness.

You can always cope with the present moment, but you cannot cope with something that is only a mind projection – you cannot cope with the future.

My whole life is a theater piece.

Life is our dictionary.

I used to feel unsafe right in the moment of an accomplishment – I felt the ground fall from under my feet because this could be the end. And even now, while everyone is celebrating, I’m on to the next thing. I don’t want to get lost in this big cushion of success.

Whenever you are angry, be assured that it is not only a present evil, but that you have increased a habit.

The child inside of you knows how to take things as they come, how to deal most effectively and happily with everything and everyone it encounters on this planet. If you can recapture that childlike essence of your being, you can stay ‚forever young at heart.‘

I got the stern end of the stick. It was kind of that iron fist. I am who I am today because of my mother.

Those who know me know I’m passionate about lists, and top of my list of priorities is my family. My wife Joan and I do not consider our legacy to our children to be wealth or fame but the opportunity to pursue happiness by following their own path.

Great grief does not of itself put an end to itself.

I owe my solitude to other people.

The spirit becomes free only when it ceases to be a support.

I wonder how many decisions we make every day. I believe it’s probably hundreds. We decide whether or not to get out of bed, what we’ll eat, what we’ll do, what we’ll think about, what we’ll say… and on and on.

I really have no interest in myself.

It was my delusion and naivety that brought me here.

The way people look at me these days – that’s the same way I looked at President Obama before I met him. We tend to forget that people who’ve attained a certain position are human.

Behavior is the mirror in which everyone shows their image.

I liked his ability to deal with a lot of the negativity that surrounded him. Even though he was in a world that he didn’t want to be in, he still saw the bigger picture.

If people think nature is their friend, then they sure don’t need an enemy.

Happiness is not something ready made. It comes from your own actions.

Of course, like anybody I repeat myself endlessly, but I don’t know that I’m doing it, usually.

The more in harmony with yourself you are, the more joyful you are and the more faithful you are. Faith is not to disconnect you from reality – it connects you to reality.

The first forty years of life give us the text; the next thirty supply the commentary on it.

Chinese people themselves, they really want change.

When I see a story, I ask: is this something I’d like to be in? Is this something I’d like to see? And if I’d like to see it, would I like to tell it?

There is nothing insignificant in the world. It all depends on the point of view.

I used to tell my husband that, if he could make me ‚understand‘ something, it would be clear to all the other people in the country.

Once you begin to fall off the track and believe you breathe different air to everyone else, you’re doomed; you’re finished.

At times our own light goes out and is rekindled by a spark from another person. Each of us has cause to think with deep gratitude of those who have lighted the flame within us.

At 155, I will be the same animal, an even better animal.

You’re just left with yourself all the time, whatever you do anyway. You’ve got to get down to your own God in your own temple. It’s all down to you, mate.

You always have to remember that if you say something negative, it’s going to come back to haunt you.

I want everybody to understand that I am an American Negro first before I am a member of any political party.

It’s none of their business that you have to learn how to write. Let them think you were born that way.

Waste no more time arguing about what a good man should be. Be one.

I think that somehow, we learn who we really are and then live with that decision.

When we enter into a personal relationship with Jesus Christ, something wonderful happens: God begins to change our desires, and we want to be more like Him.

I don’t dislike any of my exes. If I took time to form a relationship, it’s gonna hurt when we move on, but are you puttin‘ White-Out over all that beautiful time together? That was real time in your life. It’s connected to where you are today.

Freedom is relative.

In this big ball of people, I’m just one grain of sand on this beach.

What we think determines what happens to us, so if we want to change our lives, we need to stretch our minds.

Man needs his difficulties because they are necessary to enjoy success.

It is a narrow mind which cannot look at a subject from various points of view.

In the beginning, I was very insecure. I hated how I looked in pictures.

To add value to others, one must first value others.

I’m totally myself.

If you are living out of a sense of obligation you are slave.

If all you’re doing is grinding for the man, it’s going to burden you. Once you say, ‚Hey, I’m grinding for the man, but I’m putting money away, and this is part of my exit strategy,‘ you’re working for you.