Only to the extent that we expose ourselves over and over to annihilation can that which is indestructible in us be found.

Nothing ever goes away until it has taught us what we need to know.

Be kinder to yourself. And then let your kindness flood the world.

Being satisfied with what we already have is a magical golden key to being alive in a full, unrestricted, and inspired way.

So war and peace start in the human heart. Whether that heart is open or whether that heart closes has global implications.

It isn't what happens to us that causes us to suffer; it's what we say to ourselves about what happens.

All you need to know is that the future is wide open and you are about to create it by what you do.

To be fully alive, fully human, and completely awake is to be continually thrown out of the nest.

Feel the feelings and drop the story.

The truth you believe and cling to makes you unavailable to hear anything new.

All situations teach you, and often it's the tough ones that teach you best.

The language of a smile is charming, mesmerizing, meaningful, and often mysterious, but everyone understands a smile better than words.

Well old man, I guess freedom's a continuum.

War is hell and waiting is hell and war is waiting.

Don’t become me. Don’t let her down like I did. You only deserve what you make yourself worthy of. Do what I couldn’t. Be a man.

Fashion is not about clothes, it is about a look.

My real father died when I was two years old, so I never knew him. He was a barber in Chicago.

According to a recent survey, men say the first thing they notice about women is their eyes. And women say the first thing they notice about men is they're a bunch of liars.

I do feel like an outsider, but I don't lose any sleep over it.

We all have to rise in the end, not just one or two who were smart enough, had will enough for their own salvation, but all the halt, the maimed and the blind of us which is most of us.

A man who always talks for fame never can be pleasing. The man who talks to unburthen his mind is the man to delight you.