Garry Shandling

"The parts of ourselves we hide are usually the most important."

"I think courage is just showing up even when you're terrified."

"Life is too short to spend it trying to be someone else."

"Real intimacy comes from being seen and accepted anyway."

"I've never felt more alive than when I stopped performing."

"The stories we tell ourselves shape our entire reality."

"Patience is learning to be comfortable with uncertainty."

"I think the best art comes from the places that scare us."

"We're all just doing our best with what we know."

"Money is just a tool; it's not the point of anything."

"The things we judge in others are usually the things we judge in ourselves."

"I've learned that admitting you don't know is strength, not weakness."

"Life is what happens when you're too busy trying to control it."

"The most profound moments are often the quietest ones."

"I think we're all searching for permission to take up space."

"Creativity is just connecting dots that others don't see yet."

"The deepest relationships are with people who challenge us."

"I've learned that most people are doing the best they can."

"Freedom comes from accepting what you cannot change."

"The parts of life that matter most can't be quantified."

"I think the key to happiness is lowering your expectations and raising your gratitude."

"We're all broken in different ways, and that's what makes us human."

"I've never believed that suffering builds character; I think character builds character."

"Life becomes better when you stop trying and start being."

"The truth is scarier than any lie we tell ourselves."

"I think love is just choosing someone's company over and over again."

"Imagination is more important than the world as it is."

"I've learned that the most important work is the internal work."

"Growth happens in the moments we don't know what we're doing."

"The world doesn't need your judgment; it needs your presence."