Michel de Montaigne Quotes

I know what the important things are in life. I know that just because I pretend to be someone else for two hours on the silver screen doesn't make me a better person than the next man. So, I mind all those things. Simple things.

Let me be content with being happy, without sighing that I am not distinguished.

I can't live off the ego.

Be content to seem what you really are.

Very little is needed to make a happy life; it is all within yourself, in your way of thinking.

I want to be the greatest actor that ever lived, frankly. I'd love that. But I don't need to be. I just want to be here. That's it.

Status doesn't matter; fame doesn't matter. You have to be really, really grounded in who you are and feel good as a person inside.

My message to the world is to surrender your ego: try not to think that you are not as fortunate as some people or inferior or not as good as someone else.

I think that being a simple person suits me.

You can have everything in the world, but if you aren't happy within yourself, it's not worth it.

I use what God had given me. I don't wish for anything else. I don't wish I can be a high-flier.

I never felt I had questions or needed answers or had a part of me that was missing.

I am someone without an ego.

People often confuse self-respect with arrogance. I believe that there is a very thin line between the two. Balance between the two is often what leads to happiness.

You wish to be liked. I wish simply to be. One day you will know what that means, perhaps. And you will smile. Not against me. But with me.

Look long enough, out or in, and you’ll be glad you are who you are.

I am very happy Because I have conquered myself And not the world. I am very happy Because I have loved the world And not myself.

All the happiness you ever find lies in you.

Happiness is total and complete satisfaction with yourself

You're better than no one and no one is better than you.

For me, it might sound cliche, but beauty for me really does start on the inside. It's like a state of mind, a state of love if you will. Then, whatever you can do on the outside is all like a bonus.

You've got to be happy in your own skin.

Wish for nothing larger Than your own small heart.

I can't overestimate the importance of accepting ourselves exactly as we are right now, not as we wish we were or think we ought to be.

You should never apologize for existing, Lev. Not even to all those people out there who wish you didn't.