He may only get to keep that which he is willing to let go of.

That is one of the reasons why a man should pick a path with heart, so that he can find his laughter.

In the long run we get no more than we have been willing to risk giving.

He prefers the security of known misery to the misery of unfamiliar insecurity.

I've never began any important venture for which I felt adequate prepared

Often things are as bad as they seem.

If I reveal myself without worrying about how others will respond, then some will care, though others may not. But who can love me, if no one knows me? I must risk it, or live alone.

You can't make anyone love you. You just have to reveal who you are and take your chances. (105)

Transformations require that we let go of familiar ways of doing things, without yet knowing what we will do next.

To live without the creative potential of our own destructiveness is to be a cardboard angel.

Everything good is costly, and the development of the personality is one of the most costly of all things. It will cost you your innocence, your illusions, your certainty. (10)

Most of us must learn to love people and use things rather than loving things and using people.

Don’t just be able

I don't want to think about it, but I have to. Someone has to. I see the signs of spring and I weep...

I thought of that while riding my bicycle.

Think of all those ages through which men have had the courage to die, and then remember that we have actually fallen to talking about having the courage to live.

God hath given to man a short time here upon earth, and yet upon this short time eternity depends.

The Pistols were like my work of art. They were my canvas.

There had to be a reason why they were not going to marry. They had both been so adamant about it. What the devil was the reason?

Confidence begets confidence. Courage, an independent spark from heaven's bright throne, By which the soul stands raised, triumphant, high, alone. Courage in danger is half the battle.

I'm the only person I know that's lost a quarter of a billion dollars in one year. It's very character-building.