In a way, a certain amount of self-criticism is a good thing, because it keeps you humble. Realizing that no matter what success you've achieved, you can still make enemies makes you humble, too.

An apology is the superglue of life. It can repair just about anything.

No matter how old you are, there's always something good to look forward to.

Complaining is good for you as long as you're not complaining to the person you're complaining about.

The most profound statements are often said in silence.

You don't have to die in order to make a living!

Only a couple of times have I ever been to church and felt enlightened by it.

Not being able to sleep is terrible. You have the misery of having partied all night... Without the satisfaction.

You think about child abuse and you think of a father viciously attacking a daughter or a son, but in my family it was my mother. My mother, I would say, was a... very brutal disciplinarian.

And my father was a comic. He could play any musical instrument. He loved to perform. He was a wonderfully comedic character. He had the ability to dance and sing and charm and analyze poetry.

Never tell anyone that you're writing a book, going on a diet, exercising, taking a course, or quitting smoking. They'll encourage you to death.

My hate is stronger than the dimensions, stronger than memory, stronger than time. My hate is now the truest part of who I am.

We are born into this precious human existence to achieve the uni cation of opposites and become enlightened, or liberated, from the illusion of separation.

God of peace, bring your peace to our violent world: peace in the hearts of all men and women and peace among the nations of the Earth.

I have witnessed the softening of the hardest of hearts by a simple smile.

They don't ask much of you. They only want you to hate the things you love and to love the things you despise.

You have to have faith that there is a reason you go through certain things. I can't say I'm glad to go through pain, but in a way one must, in order to gain courage and really feel joy.

Fire truck with back end on fire drives really fast in circles.

The study of economics does not seem to require any specialised gifts of an unusually high order.

Do not confuse excellence with perfection. The first is possible to achieve, the second is probably not.

I dreamed of having a book of my own, of writing one that I could put on a shelf.