The most important thing for me to succeed in is day by day becoming a better and more prepared person.

I have learned that failure is a part of success; it's part of the learning curve. Sometimes you have to walk that road to achieve big things.

I try to learn the most I can from every mistake.

It took a lot of time for me to understand that I'm not competing against anybody but myself.

My whole life I have been in a hurry, like running fast after a goal, and now I realize it's nice to sometimes slow down a little bit and enjoy the ride.

I think sometimes your worst enemy is inside your head. All your insecurities, your ego, your fears, your expectations.

It's a lifetime effort, trying to understand the way our minds work, and make it work in your favor and not against you.

lean in to kiss mein all the placeswhere the acheis the most special.

I'm not really a guy who wants to be a director, anyway.

He [Mitt Romney] didn't pay taxes for 10 years! Now, do I know that that's true? Well, I'm not certain, but obviously he can't release those tax returns. How would it look?

Nobody really knows who I am, where I came from, what's in my heart, why I believe in the things I believe, what I see behind the scenes and they don't see.

I existed before I received this body. I am the external and fundamental life energy of the universe.

A lot of what I am looking for is a moment of astonishment, he says. Those moments of pure consciousness when you involuntarily inhale and say 'Wow!'

Nothing is lost and nothing is created in the operations of art as those of nature.

Every time the rider forgets to regulate the cadence, the horse begins to take control.

This creed of the desert seemed inexpressible in words, and indeed in thought.

Even your pity is like a blast of wind and the words you speak would strip a tree of its blossoms.