Garry Shandling

"Perseverance is just refusing to accept that it's over."

"The words we use shape the reality we experience."

"We're all doing the best we can with what we understand at the time."

"Authenticity is terrifying because it means being seen as we really are."

"The universe is indifferent, which is either terrifying or liberating."

"We measure ourselves by standards that don't matter."

"Silence can be more powerful than all the words we could say."

"The only approval that matters is the approval we give ourselves."

"Evolution happens slowly, which is why we get so impatient."

"We're all walking contradictions trying to make sense of it."

"The best revenge is becoming the person you wanted to be anyway."

"Vulnerability is the price of real connection."

"We're taught to want things that won't make us happy."

"True strength is admitting when you're wrong."

"The meaning of life is making meaning for yourself."

"We spend our whole lives learning what we already knew."

"Hope is not optimism; it's a choice to act despite uncertainty."

"The pursuit of justice is messy and never complete."

"We underestimate how much our environment shapes us."

"Creativity is rebellion against the way things are."

"The only way out is through."

"We're all trying to be heard in a world full of noise."

"Life is the most absurd thing, and that's what makes it beautiful."

"The heart knows things the mind can't explain."

"We judge others by their actions but ourselves by our intentions."

"Adventure is just another word for stepping outside your comfort zone."

"I don't exercise. If God wanted me to bend over, he would have put something on the floor."

"The key to a successful relationship is compromise and understanding, but mostly just letting her win."

"I realized that comedy is just another form of truth-telling, but with better timing."

"Life is what happens when you're too busy making other people laugh."