“Men are always ready to respect anything that bores them.”

“Only make decisions that support your self-image, self-esteem, and self-worth.”

“Every action has its pleasures and its price.”

“Fear is stronger than love, remember that. Fear is stronger than love. All that love I gave didn’t mean nothing when it came to fear.”

If you want to work on your art, work on your life.

“The bird is powered by its own life and by its motivation.”

“I have not need to promise what I cannot do.” 

“There is advantage in the wisdom won from pain.” 

“Every society is three meals away from chaos” 

One never notices what has been done; one can only see what remains to be done. 

“A fool is wise in his eyes.”

“All the rivers run into the sea; yet the sea is not full.”

My parents are my backbone. Still are. They're the only group that will support you if you score zero or you score 40.

“People have never looked so ugly as they do today. We just consume far too much.” 

“No-one is equal to anything. Even the same man is not equal to himself on different days.” 

Ignore people playing status games. They gain status by attacking people playing wealth creation games.

Wealth is assets that earn while you sleep.

Success is the enemy of learning. It can deprive you of the time and the incentive to start over. Beginner’s mind also needs beginner’s time.

A clear mind, leads to better judgement, leads to better outcome.

If you want to be effective in business, you need a clear, calm, cool, and collected mind.

A busy mind accelerates the perceived passage of time. Buy more time by cultivating peace of mind.

I think the number one thing that clouds us from being able to see reality is that we have preconceived notions of the way it should be.

You have to see this mad creature in operation before you feel a certain distaste towards it and you start separating yourself from it. In that separation is liberation.