When it comes to women, get your life together first. Put on your own oxygen mask first. Figure out who you are. Mature. And then go find somebody to share that life with.

A true soul mate is a mirror, the person who shows you everything that is holding you back, the person who brings you to your own attention so you can change your life.

I've never seen any life transformation that didn't begin with the person in question finally getting tired of their own bullshit.

Tis' better to live your own life imperfectly than to imitate someone else's perfectly.

Stop wearing your wishbone where your backbone ought to be.

I'm choosing happiness over suffering, I know I am. I'm making space for the unknown future to fill up my life with yet-to-come surprises.

This is a good sign, having a broken heart. It means we have tried for something.

There's always another level up. There's always another ascension. More grace, more light, more generosity, more compassion, more to shed, more to grow.

You were given life; it is your duty (and also your entitlement as a human being) to find something beautiful within life, no matter how slight.

Never forget that once upon a time, in an unguarded moment, you recognized yourself as a friend.

If you're going to answer the call and you're going to transform and you're going to change, get ready. It is not a day at the beach.

A Patent is a Grant, but Inventorship is a Right

It is quite possible that we can do greater things than Jesus, for what is written in the Bible about him is poetically embellished.

If the claws didn't retract, cats would be like Velcro

Pain made you strong. Loss made you powerful.

Whether every story that's there [in the Bible] is a historic truth ... Again, I'm not concerned.

At 57, to have a No. 1 album, I wasn't expecting it.

Hey, over the years you learn to forget things.

The metaphor is the story, not the character.

I like children; I like 'em, and I respect 'em. Pretty much all the honest truth-telling there is in the world is done by them.

You best go about your way and have a nice day