Know then thyself, presume not God to scan; The proper study of mankind is man.

When you are full of pride on the inside, it makes you stiff, stubborn, and creates strife with others.

The union of the Word and the Mind produces that mystery which is called Life… Learn deeply of the Mind and its mystery, for therein lies the secret of immortality.

I’m trying to keep a level head. You have to be careful out in the world. It’s so easy to get turned.

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

When a man asks himself what is meant by action he proves that he isn’t a man of action. Action is a lack of balance. In order to act you must be somewhat insane. A reasonably sensible man is satisfied with thinking.

None are more taken in by flattery than the proud, who wish to be the first and are not.

Between falsehood and useless truth there is little difference. As gold which he cannot spend will make no man rich, so knowledge which cannot apply will make no man wise.

Reserve your right to think, for even to think wrongly is better than not to think at all.

Why do I not seek some real good; one which I could feel, not one which I could display?

Peace comes from within. Do not seek it without.

We call first truths those we discover after all the others.

Shall I tell you what the real evil is? To cringe to the things that are called evils, to surrender to them our freedom, in defiance of which we ought to face any suffering.

If you study the writings of the mystics, you will always find things in them that appear to be paradoxes, as in Zen, particularly.

To observations which ourselves we make, we grow more partial for th‘ observer’s sake.

A man must now swallow more belief than he can digest.

I’ve been to those places where it’s ‚poor, pitiful me.‘

Nay, be a Columbus to whole new continents and worlds within you, opening new channels, not of trade, but of thought.

Humanity has the stars in its future, and that future is too important to be lost under the burden of juvenile folly and ignorant superstition.

What old people say you cannot do, you try and find that you can. Old deeds for old people, and new deeds for new.

Who is the wisest man? He who neither knows or wishes for anything else than what happens.

The fear of death follows from the fear of life. A man who lives fully is prepared to die at any time.

When an inner situation is not made conscious, it appears outside as fate.

Sleep is the interest we have to pay on the capital which is called in at death; and the higher the rate of interest and the more regularly it is paid, the further the date of redemption is postponed.

To live alone is the fate of all great souls.

I do not know myself, and God forbid that I should.

There’s a victory, and defeat; the first and best of victories, the lowest and worst of defeats which each man gains or sustains at the hands not of another, but of himself.

Idealism is the noble toga that political gentlemen drape over their will to power.

Words are only painted fire; a look is the fire itself.

I’m just trying to be myself. I’m not trying to be anyone else.

Such is the feebleness of humanity, such is its perversity, that doubtless it is better for it to be subject to all possible superstitions, as long as they are not murderous, than to live without religion.

I’ve noticed a terrible thing, which is I will agree to anything if it’s far enough in the future.

Science is not everything, but science is very beautiful.

Everybody has talent, it’s just a matter of moving around until you’ve discovered what it is.

There is a piece of me that likes to fondly imagine my maverick and rebellious nature. But, more accurately, I like to have a nice and cosy institution that I can rub up against a little bit.

Change alone is unchanging.

The first thing which I can record concerning myself is, that I was born. These are wonderful words. This life, to which neither time nor eternity can bring diminution – this everlasting living soul, began. My mind loses itself in these depths.

We judge people in areas where we’re vulnerable to shame, especially picking folks who are doing worse than we’re doing.

I like actors very much, but to marry one would be like marrying your brother. You look too much alike in the mirror.

I’ve always been – you know, my personality is motivating and encouraging. And so I’m just being who God made me to be.

There’s a gap between what I want to do, what I do on camera, and what gets edited. Right? So the goal is to try and close the gaps. What’s the biggest compliment is if I read a review and it’s exactly what I wrote down in my diary before ever filming it. That’s really cool. That’s the biggest signifier of closing the gaps.

A part of me has become immortal, out of my control.

I’ve always felt that if I examine myself too much, I’ll find out what I know and don’t know, and I’ll burst the bubble. I’ve gotten so lucky relying on my animal instincts, I’d rather keep a little bit of the animal alive.

I can not believe that war is the best solution. No one won the last war, and no one will win the next war.

Did you know there’s a difference between being busy and being fruitful? Did you ever stop to think that just being busy – running around in circles all day but not accomplishing anything – is the same as wasting your time? It’s frustrating to expend so much energy and time and not have any fruit from your effort!

What nourishes me also destroys me.

The doorstep to the temple of wisdom is a knowledge of our own ignorance.

You should never give up your inner self.

To live is to think.

Man is not the sum of what he has already, but rather the sum of what he does not yet have, of what he could have.

Why should we be in such desperate haste to succeed, and in such desperate enterprises? If a man does not keep pace with his companions, perhaps it is because he hears a different drummer.

I have lost my mental faculties but am perfectly well.

I definitely connected to the fact that life gets out of control and you end up doing things and wishing you were doing other things instead.

I like to take every day just searching my own heart, making sure that I’m on course, and I’m doing what God wants me to do. I’m real good with not looking to the critics and looking straight ahead.

Do not try to live forever. You will not succeed.

To avoid criticism, do nothing, say nothing, and be nothing.

I discovered me in the library. I went to find me in the library.

Even if you’re happy with the life you’ve chosen, you’re still curious about the other options.

I find with most of my readers are kind of like me, sort of people who were a little bit naive in life and then learned the hard way that this is what’s going on, the political games and most of my readers write to me telling me that the book helped them open their eyes to what other people are doing to them.

There is no wealth but life.

If I am no longer disturbed myself, I will deal less with disturbed people, but I don’t regret having concerned myself with them because I think most of us are disturbed.