“You want to be yourself, idiosyncratic; the collective (school, rules, jobs, technology) wants you generic to the point of castration.”

“Having a sincere desire to want growth does not mean at that point you are committing yourself to growth.”

“The point is you keep going. You want to. So all the things that make you want to are the point.”

“The way to control circumstances is to control the forces within yourself to make a greater man of yourself, and as you become greater and more competent, you will naturally gravitate into better circumstances. In this connection, we should remember that like attracts like. If you want that which is better, make yourself better. If you want to realize the ideal, make yourself more ideal. If you want better friends, make yourself a better friend. If you want to associate with people of worth, make yourself more worthy. If you want to meet that which is agreeable, make yourself more agreeable. If you want to enter conditions and circumstances that are more pleasing, make yourself more pleasing. In brief, whatever you want, produce that something in yourself, and you will positively gravitate towards the corresponding conditions in the external world.”

“I think if you want to make art, at some point you have to suspend judgment, and you have to involve yourself with play and not worry about the outcome.”

“There are times when you don't know yourself. There are times when you don't want to know yourself. There are times when you want to be what you have never allowed yourself to be before.”

“In general, they do what you want, unless you want consistency.”

“Generally, you can be humble only if you feel really good about yourself — and you want to help those around you feel really good about themselves.”

“You call yourself what you want to call yourself. This is the land of the free”

“When you want to help people, you tell them the truth. When you want to help yourself, you tell them what they want to hear.”