The fact that fashion goes out of fashion and then comes back into fashion based solely on what a few people somewhere think they can sell, well to me, that’s insanity.

The key question to keep asking is, Are you spending your time on the right things? Because time is all you have.

When there’s an elephant in the room introduce him.

It's not about how to achieve your dreams, it's about how to lead your life, ... If you lead your life the right way, the karma will take care of itself, the dreams will come to you.

We cannot change the cards we are dealt, just how we play the hand.

One thing that makes it possible to be an optimist is if you have a contingency plan for when all hell breaks loose.

Don’t complain; just work harder.

Showing gratitude is one of the simplest yet most powerful things humans can do for each other.

Brick walls are there for a reason. The brick walls aren't there to keep us out. The brick walls are there to show us how badly we want things.

The brick walls are there to stop the people who don't want it badly enough. They are there to stop the other people!

If I could only give three words of advice, they would be, 'Tell the truth.' If I got three more words, I'd add: 'All the time.'

The weight of the world is a trifle, if we all put our two fingers under it and try to lift together.

The man who is intent on making the most of his opportunities is too busy to bother about luck.

The problem is that religion tends to give people bad reasons to be good.

Sometimes it just feels so amazing to finally stand up for yourself. I highly recommend it. Life is too short to be taken for granted.

I'm a cruel man to myself.

No picture can be good which deceives by its imitation, for the very reason that nothing can be beautiful which is not true.

I understand that a man can have everything having nothing and nothing having everything.

By my soul, I can neither eat, drink, nor sleep; nor, what's still worse, love any woman in the world but her.

I think I might write a book. I like writing. People have asked me if I would get into politics, but I think I feel a lot more effective being a representative of truth through the arts.

Watch every tendency towards militarism, for we know that preparation for war leads to war.