All mental unhappiness is the avoidance of legitimate suffering.

The law is an opinion with a gun.

The whole point of the system is to bribe you with the leftovers of what they have stolen from you in the first place.

The only part of you that hurts when you're given the truth is the part that lives on lies.

If you can't share what's important to you with the people around you, then you have no relationships. It's all just proximity, and turkey, and sports, and weather, and bullshit.

The war on drugs is really the war on people who buy drugs from people who don't lobby the government.

It's not just the abuse of power that's the problem. It's the power to abuse.

When poverty declines, the need for government declines, which is why expecting government to solve poverty is like expecting a tobacco company to mount an aggressive anti-smoking campaign.

We raise predators by treating children as prey.

Democracy is the suggestion box for slaves.

The continual manufacture of enemies is essential to the growth of the fascist state.

Every creative act, however small, enriches our species and the world around us. To find and nurture talent, is to be truly wealthy.

A secret remains a secret until you make someone promise never to reveal it.

You always ask if I'm okay But it's not the same as being happy

In human history a moral victory is always a disaster, for it debauches and degrades both the victor and the vanquished.

Calling a young artist 'great' these days can give one the heebie-jeebies: The word has been denatured in the past decade.

What a genius, that Picasso. It is a pity he doesn't paint.

My mother's in my life, but at the time you imagine your mom passing away, not being there ... as a kid you try to think of something that hurts you the most ... It was just a tool [in "Hardball"].

The greatest word of Jesus to His disciples is abandon

We do not view 2005 to be a clean operating year, and the positives of beating expectations are offset by guidance moving around.

You gotta get back to your essence, Use your gifts and share your presence, Don't count your dollars 'til you count your blessings.