Work in a way that you look forward to Monday mornings

The process of finding happiness within one's own Self may be difficult and slow but it cannot be found anywhere else.

In truth, he who is not content with what he has would not be content with whatever he acquires.

The law of life is that the mind should be at rest while the body engages in action.

Do not fall in love, but rise in love

Do not lose the treasure of your Self for the pleasure of the senses.

It's not the world that distresses you but how you relate to it.

It is perhaps when our lives are at their most problematic that we are likely to be most receptive to beautiful things.

The reality of the mind can be one hundred percent different than the reality of the reality!

When I write with Maiden, then I write only with the guys in Maiden, we don't do songs from outside people.

The main reason people fail is they become attached to others who hold them back. Letting go of others and going forward may seem like a lonely and impossible task, but I assure you it is not.

Why should I complain about making $700 a week playing a maid? If I didn't, I'd be making $7 a week being one.

The manner of a vulgar man has freedom without ease, and the manner of a gentleman has ease without freedom.

Careers are what they are, they don't make any sense at all when you look back. We're not in charge of them.

As far as things I avoid, I always avoid following trends just because they're trends.

To-morrow it seemLike the empty words of a dreamRemembered on waking.

Most famous people get younger and younger. I sometimes ask myself that question: 'How come I'm the only person who's getting older?'