Habe keine Angst, das Gute aufzugeben, um das Großartige zu erreichen.

Gib jedem Tag die Chance, der schönste deines Lebens zu werden.

Wenn du die Absicht hast, dich zu erneuern, tue es jeden Tag.

Suche nicht nach Fehlern, suche nach Lösungen.

Wenn man alles berechnet, gelingt nichts.

Ist dein Verlangen groß genug, wird man glauben, du hast übermenschliche Kräfte.

Wer die Freiheit aufgibt, um Sicherheit zu gewinnen, wird am Ende beides verlieren.

Die Fähigkeit, das Wort „Nein“ auszusprechen, ist der erste Schritt zur Freiheit.

Zuerst ignorieren sie dich, dann lachen sie über dich, dann bekämpfen sie dich und dann gewinnst du.

Ich denke, dass man immer ein wenig anders sein musste, um einen Apple-Computer zu kaufen. Oft halten sich solche Menschen selbst für ein bisschen verrückt. Doch in dieser Verrücktheit sehen wir Genialität.

Man muss das Unmögliche versuchen, um das Mögliche zu erreichen.

Einfach machen.

Ich bin genauso stolz auf das, was wir nicht tun, wie auf das, was wir tun.

Die Kunst ist, einmal mehr aufzustehen, als man umgeworfen wird.

Auch aus Steinen, die einem in den Weg gelegt werden, kann man Schönes bauen.

Ein tiefer Fall führt oft zu höherem Glück.

Jeder Nachteil lässt sich in einen zumindest gleich großen Vorteil verwandeln.

Armut und Reichtum sind beides Schöpfungen des Glaubens.

Phantasie ist wichtiger als Wissen, denn Wissen ist begrenzt.

I have two sisters, so there is the three of us, and we're very close. We've been best friends since I pronounced it when I was ten and they were four and five.

Smoking is related to practically every terrible thing that can happen to you.

Mostly I've been inspired by my mother. She is extremely driven and always makes every endeavour sound exciting. I think most of the things I've accomplished are a result of knowing her.

Musically, I always allow myself to jump off of cliffs. At least that's what it feels like to me. Whether that's what it actually sounds like might depend on what the listener brings to the songs.

Problems can become opportunities when the right people come together.

My biggest criticism is how can people be so easily satisfied? Even people with talent.

Never do anything against conscience even if the state demands it.

I can't sing or dance.

I have a tendency to run after people who are completely unattainable and uninterested and make a complete fool of myself.

I just think that the older you get, the more you appreciate the responsibility of politics.

I don't think you could pull one Bob Marley song that didn't have quotes from the Torah or the Old Testament.

Happiness is not a matter of intensity but of balance and order and rhythm and harmony.

I remember, when I was a kid, listening to the radio and hearing 'Big Bad John' by Jimmy Dean - and it just blew me away. I used to sit there and call the radio stations and request that song. And then the Beatles were obviously out already, but I really didn't know about the Beatles.

I wish I was better looking.

When I accept a role, I feel that as an artist I have to submit completely to the tutelage of my director. And while I expect to be heard and encouraged and honored, at the end of the day, man, it's the way the director wants it.

If the people of America do not rise up, take ownership of our country, we're going to lose it forever.

I came to London. It had become the center of my world and I had worked hard to come to it. And I was lost.

All religions worthy of the name are now making great efforts to purify their doctrines and return to their original standpoint, all except Christianity! You surely know that the nineteenth century Christianity is not the religion taught by Christ. Christ's religion has been changed and corrupted.

He who has seen one cathedral ten times has seen something; he who has seen ten cathedrals once has seen but little; and he who has spent half an hour in each of a hundred cathedrals has seen nothing at all.

Blind chance sweeps the world along.

Mint's business model became, 'We'll go for free, and then we'll find these savings opportunities for you.' You know, better interest rate on your credit cards, when should you consolidate your student loans, when does it mathematically make sense to refinance your mortgage, and Mint figures all that stuff out for you.

While Napoleon believed his fortunes to be governed by destiny, his real genius lay in self-control and martial daring coupled with an indomitable will to power.

A journalistic purpose could be someone with a Xerox machine in a basement.

It turns out it's not rocket science to design a sacred space.