More is learned in pain than in pleasure.

Not appreciating what we have now, robs us of our abundance even when it exists.

A dream becomes a goal the moment you write it down. A goal becomes a plan the moment you break it down into doable steps. A plan becomes a reality only when you take action.

When you control your thoughts and emotions, you control everything.

One of the first ways to begin building your self-confidence is to focus on what's great about you.

You must recognize that we train the people in our lives how to treat us.

Everything begins with a thought, and thoughts are turned into plans, and plans into reality.

Make no apologies for who you are.

Take charge of your environment.

You can only get more in life by saying YES.

The higher the levels, the higher the devils.

I also did some jail time a few years ago. Spent a whole summer in jail reading books. I pumped a ton of new knowledge and new thinking into myself.

You can remodel yourself to anything you want to become.

The church is not a campus but a community. Pastors are not CEOs

One should respect public opinion in so far as it is necessary to avoid starvation and to keep out of prison but anything that goes beyond this is voluntary submission to an unnecessary tyranny.

In art, there is one thing which does not receive sufficient attention. The element which is left to the human will is not nearly so large as people think.

People who practice Zen correctly are not spaced-out or unrealistic. They are balanced and grounded.

As machines get to be more and more like men, men will come to be more like machines.

I can say, and I am responsible for what I am saying, that [American troops] have started to commit suicide under the walls of Baghdad. We will encourage them to commit more suicides quickly.

I go to movies and concerts and stuff - that's why I think all my money would be gone if I weren't working because I just keep spending it, on that, and CDs, and I don't know.

To achieve more and better results, more resourcefulness is as important as more resources.