I've learned that each mistake was probably a reflection of something that I was (or others were) doing wrong, so if I could figure out what that was, I could learn how to be more effective.

More than anything else, what differentiates people who live up to their potential from those who don't is a willingness to look at themselves and others objectively

Be wary of the arrogant intellectual who comments from the stands without having played on the field.

Nature gave us pain as a messaging device to tell us that we are approaching, or that we have exceeded, our limits in some way.

There is nothing to fear from truth....Being truthful is essential to being an independent thinker and obtaining greater understanding of what is right.

To be successful, we need everyone to think independently and work through disagreement to decide what's best.

Meditation more than anything in my life was the biggest ingredient of whatever success I've had.

Principles are what allow you to live a life consistent with those values. Principles connect your values to your actions.

If you don't own Gold, you know neither history nor economics.

The more you think you know, the more closed-minded you'll be.

To make money in the markets, you have to think independently and be humble.

All money means to me is a pride in accomplishment.

Only where there is language is there world.

Keep it simple, when you get too complex you forget the obvious.

My soul hates the fool whose only passion is to live by rule.

If what you did yesterday seems big, you haven't done anything today.

President Obama attacks success and therefore under President Obama we have less success and I will change that.

I think that the practice of writing every day was what made me remember that writing doesn't have anything to do with publishing books. It can be totally separate and private - a comforting thought.

Meditation is the golden key to all the mysteries of life.

If something happens to me, you're going to hear about it. I only know how to write songs about my life.

I was like, oh, I want to sign up for "Catwoman," and then Anne Hathaway had already signed up for it.