Radical simply means 'grasping things at the root'.
Any non-commissioned officer is more of an enemy to a recruit, any schoolmaster to a pupil, then they are if they were free.
Believe nothing, no matter where you read it, or who said it, no matter if I have said it, unless it agrees with your own reason and your own common sense.
Jests that give pains are not jests.
Entrepreneurs are simply those who understand that there is little difference between obstacle and opportunity and are able to turn both to their advantage.
Be that self which one truly is.
It is the story that owns and directs us. It is the thing that makes us different from cattle; it is the mark on the face that sets one people apart from their neighbors.
I have great faith in fools; self-confidence my friends call it.
Do unto those downstream as you would have those upstream do unto you.
Patriotism is the last refuge of a scoundrel.
The greatness of a man is not in how much wealth he acquires, but in his integrity and his ability to affect those around him positively.
I do not argue with obstinate men. I act in spite of them.
Gold and silver from the dead turn often into lead.
Charity ... is the opium of the privileged.
Only two things are infinite, the universe and human stupidity, and I'm not sure about the former.
I think we're having fun. I think our customers really like our products. And we're always trying to do better.
I am not interested in picking up crumbs of compassion thrown from the table of someone who considers himself my master. I want the full menu of rights.
It's sad when someone you know becomes someone you knew.
There is no terror in the bang, only in the anticipation of it.
You just have to keep on doing what you do. It's the lesson I get from my husband; he just says, Keep going. Start by starting.
Reverence does not die with mortals, nor does it perish whether they live or die.