Live the life you’ve dreamed.

No man who worships education has got the best out of education… Without a gentle contempt for education no man’s education is complete.

The giving of love is an education in itself.

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

Around every corner, always protect the engine that powers you.

When you are organizing a group of people, the first thing that we do is we talk about the history of what other people have been able to accomplish – people that look like them, workers like them, ordinary people, working people – and we give them the list: these are people like yourself; this is what they were able to do in their community.

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

The more you know the less you need to say.

In those days he was wiser than he is now; he used to frequently take my advice.

There’s no point in starting a business unless you’re going to make a dramatic difference to other people’s lives. So if you’ve got an idea that’s gonna make a big difference to other people’s lives, then just get on and do it.

A goal is not always meant to be reached, it often serves simply as something to aim at.

We have the tendency to run away from suffering and to look for happiness. But, in fact, if you have not suffered, you have no chance to experience real happiness.

Prison was the best thing that ever happened to me.

Since day one, since the first time I touched the pen, I wanted to be the best at what I do.

The more I see the less I know for sure.

I was married a few times, and one of my husbands was jealous of me writing.

It generally happens that assurance keeps an even pace with ability.

Those people who develop the ability to continuously acquire new and better forms of knowledge that they can apply to their work and to their lives will be the movers and shakers in our society for the indefinite future.

I don’t have any secrets I need kept any more.

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!

Never confuse motion with action.

It’s wonderful to climb the liquid mountains of the sky. Behind me and before me is God and I have no fears.

I focus on my own job.

Great acts are made up of small deeds.

For good nurture and education implant good constitutions.

When you know what you want, and want it bad enough, you will find a way to get it.

For a long time, I thought I was ugly and disfigured. This made me shy and timid, and I often reacted to insults that were not intended.

My celebrity status allows me an opportunity, allows me a pulpit to preach and reach out to the people. Not even always preaching but just leading, motivating them by being a leader.

Do what you can, with what you have, where you are.

Applause is the spur of noble minds, the end and aim of weak ones.

I am my own sanctuary and I can be reborn as many times as I choose throughout my life.

In the child, consciousness rises out of the depths of unconscious psychic life, at first like separate islands, which gradually unite to form a ‚continent,‘ a continuous landmass of consciousness. Progressive mental development means, in effect, extension of consciousness.

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

Sometimes the hardest thing to do is to trust your team. It’s a lesson I’ve had to relearn quite a few times.

There is no innovation and creativity without failure. Period.

I’m totally myself.

Don’t only practice your art, but force your way into its secrets; art deserves that, for it and knowledge can raise man to the Divine.

I’m aware that, whatever the circumstances, there will always be speculation about me.

It’s very unnatural to be someone for so many people. But of course it’s very nice.

Live one day at a time emphasizing ethics rather than rules.

Hide not your talents. They for use were made. What’s a sundial in the shade?

If you have the chance to be exposed to a loving, understanding environment where the seed of compassion, loving kindness, can be watered every day, then you become a more loving person.

I hate what I look like on TV, and I want to look better, and nothing makes the mothers more jealous.

When I was old enough to change my name, I changed it to Mr. T so that the first word out of someone’s mouth was ‚Mister,‘ a sign of respect.

If you make listening and observation your occupation you will gain much more than you can by talk.

Fear is exciting for me.

I’m not critic-proof, and I still take it personally, but I take it less personally now.

Frustration is a sign I am acting independently. The more you try your own way, the tighter the doors will stay closed.

I just want to be myself.

The roots of the problems we face in the world, in our national life, and in our family and personal lives are spiritual.

I was brought up to try to see what was wrong and right it. Since I am a writer, writing is how I right it.

If I inspire you, pay for it, period.

If you think you can do a thing or think you can’t do a thing, you’re right.

Really, the only thing that makes sense is to strive for greater collective enlightenment.

When I get down, I don’t waller around for long.

I am a lucky man. I have had a dream and it has come true, and that is not a thing that happens often to men.

Get action. Seize the moment. Man was never intended to become an oyster.

When new turns of behavior cease to appear in the life of the individual, its behavior ceases to be intelligent.

My songs are the door to every dream I’ve ever had and every success I’ve ever achieved.

The more people I reach, the more people there are that have opinions about me. Not everyone loves me, but I have to be okay no matter what they think about me.

Don’t let the incidents which take place in life bring you low. And certainly don’t whine. You can be brought low, that’s OK, but don’t be reduced by them. Just say, ‚That’s life.‘