A society which reverences the attainment of riches as the supreme felicity will naturally be disposed to regard the poor as damned ... if only to justify itself for making their life a hell.

Freedom for the pike is death for the minnow.

Bankruptcies of governments have, on the whole, done less harm to mankind than their ability to raise loans.

Clever men are impressed in their differences from their fellows. Wise men are conscious of their resemblance to them.

It is probable that democracy owes more to nonconformity than to any other single movement.

Private property is a necessary institution, at least in a fallen world; men work more and dispute less when goods are private than when they are in common.

An erring colleague is not an Amalkite to be smitten hip and thigh.

The characteristic virtue of Englishmen is power of sustained practical activity and their characteristic vice a reluctance to test the quality of that activity by reference to principles.

When men have gone so far as to talk as though their idols have come to life, it is time that someone broke them.

The certainties of one age are the problems of the next.

Virtues are often conquered by vices, but their rout is most complete when it is inflicted by other virtues, more militant, more efficient, or more congenial.

If someone gives you tough situation, it's better to make a distance.

your enoughness is off the charts.

The organized domestic terrorism of the general public is why many people regard the police as corrupt.

Sometimes the price of dreams is achieving them.

From my experience with God, and what I read from his Holy Book. I sometimes think that he is more interested in our discomfort than in our comfort.

Artists are people with a genius for finding a new answer, a new connection, or a new way of getting things done.That would be you.

If your partner is angry with you, recognize that his anger is a misdirected plea for love. Your partner's simply upset because he feels something you said or did was a sign of not loving him enough.

Clouds are not spheres, mountains are not cones, coastlines are not circles, and bark is not smooth, nor does lightning travel in a straight line.

I wear a lot of different things, personally. I don't have favorites.

When we are dead; rugs are no richer than a quick-thorn bed.