Perfection belongs to the Gods; the most we can hope for is excellence.

Thinking is difficult, that’s why most people judge.

Life really does begin at forty. Up until then, you are just doing research.

To be normal is the ultimate aim of the unsuccessful.

Do not compare, do not measure. No other way is like yours. All other ways deceive and tempt you. You must fulfill the way that is in you.

The world will ask you who you are, and if you don't know, the world will tell you.

The difference between a good life and a bad life is how well you walk through the fire

If our religion is based on salvation, our chief emotions will be fear and trembling. If our religion is based on wonder, our chief emotion will be gratitude.

We are not what happened to us, we are what we wish to become.

Who looks outside, dreams; who looks inside, awakes.

The first half of life is devoted to forming a healthy ego, the second half is going inward and letting go of it.

Fear ain't respect—how could I have ever thought it was?

As humans, it is in our nature to focus on picking ourselves up while the whole world falls apart.

I think that 'Fox & Friends' audience is going to increase. That franchise in the morning is very important to any television operation because they make money.

What keeps us from happiness is our inability to fully inhabit the present

When President [Barack] Obama announced that he was leaving Iraq, I mean, he was talking about dates and times and what we're going to do.

I didn't grow up with my dad so I don't know much at all about my heritage.

Confidence by itself, unless it has a valid basis, can get us into trouble.

No one can suffer for all time. No one will spend all his days on this earth in suffering. Every action brings its own result, and one gets one's opportunities accordingly.

Over no nation does the press hold a more absolute control than over the people of America, for the universal education of the poorest classes makes every individual a reader.

I really loved music and went to a lot of clubs to see bands and dance. I loved going out.