New opinions are always suspected, and usually opposed, without any other reason but because they are not common.

Face the facts of being what you are, for that is what changes what you are.

Trying to define yourself is like trying to bite your own teeth.

A myth is an image in terms of which we try to make sense of the world.

Radical simply means 'grasping things at the root'.

If you've got them by the balls their hearts and minds will follow.

The spirit of man is an inward flame; a lamp the world blows upon but never puts out.

When the dog looks at you, the dog is not thinking what kind of a person you are. The dog is not judging you.

You don't have to be the Dalai Lama to tell people that life's about change.

The speed of the leader is the speed of the gang.

An intellectual is a man who doesn't know how to park a bike.

No temptation can gravitate to a man unless there is that in his heart which is capable of responding to it.

The idea of freedom is inspiring. But what does it mean? If you are free in a political sense but have no food, what's that? The freedom to starve?

I have a simple philosophy. Fill what's empty. Empty what's full. And scratch where it itches.

I've had a perfectly wonderful evening, but this wasn't it.

There are two things children should get from their parents: roots and wings.

I am not now That which I have been.

Comedy is acting out optimism.

Christmas to a child is the first terrible proof that to travel hopefully is better than to arrive.

It is a good rule in life never to apologize. The right sort of people do not want apologies, and the wrong sort take a mean advantage of them.

I fully realize that no wealth or position can long endure, unless built upon truth and justice; therefore, I will engage in no transaction which does not benefit all whom it affects.