“The ‘I think’ which Kant said must be able to accompany all my objects, is the ‘I breathe’ which actually does accompany them.”

Nothing is so fatiguing as the eternal hanging on of an uncompleted task.

New habits can be launched.

It is our attitude at the beginning of a difficult task which, more than anything else, will affect its successful outcome.

A man has as many social selves as there are individuals who recognize him.

Anything you may hold firmly in your imagination can be yours.

In all primary school work the principle of multiple impressions is well recognized.

We want all our friends to tell us our bad qualities; it is only the particular ass that does so whom we can’t tolerate.

The education of attention would be an education par excellence

The ultimate test of what a truth means is the conduct it dictates or inspires.

An act has no ethical quality whatever unless it be chosen out of several all equally possible.

It is only by risking our persons from one hour to another that we live at all.

One of the greatest discoveries of our time is that a man can alter the state of their life by altering the state of their mind.

I don’t sing because I’m happy; I’m happy because I sing.

The great use of life is to spend it for something that will outlast it.

That which is most personal, is most interesting.

The greatest weapon against stress is our ability to choose one thought over another.

I knew that even if I was able to call for help, I was in a place so remote that it wasn’t likely there would be anyone who could help me. And even if there were, it could take weeks.

We’re never going to be able to get rid of terrorism, because there is always going to be evil in the world.

I think that in life, being is nothing but an illusion. If we acknowledge that and accept the fact that we are in between states, that we are moving, and this movement is the nature of our lives

If I get an idea for a series that I really like, I’m sure I won’t be able to resist coming back and doing it.

I have a lot of respect for people who are great at ad-libbing, and for writers and directors who are able to create a scene in which that works.

Love shouldn’t be about jealousy or anything like that. It should be about commitment and being able to trust that person. If you can’t have that from the get-go, there’s a problem.

My point is I’m kind of an outlier. For whatever reason, the success still blows my mind – that I’m able to talk to people about the music I’ve written.

You intentionally start small, because you will not be able to compete with an incumbent… because the incumbent is always going to go for the full solution.