America is a large friendly dog in a small room. Every time it wags its tail it knocks over a chair.

Of the twenty-two civilizations that have appeared in history, nineteen of them collapsed when they reached the moral state the United States is in now.

Civilizations die from suicide, not by murder.

The immense cities lie basking on the beaches of the continent like whales that have taken to the land.

Civilization is a movement and not a condition, a voyage and not a harbor.

The aim of all education is, or should be, to teach people to educate themselves.

Sooner or later, man has always had to decide whether he worships his own power or the power of God.

Material power that is not counterbalanced by adequate spiritual power, that is, by love and wisdom, is a curse

The human race's prospects of survival were considerably better when we were defenceless against tigers than they are today when we have become defenceless against ourselves.

The only real struggle in the history of the world ... is between the vested interest and social justice.

The absolute value of love makes life worth while, and so makes Man's strange and difficult situation acceptable. Love cannot save life from death; but it can fulfill life's purpose.

The present moment is filled with joy and happiness. If you are attentive, you will see it. (21)

I went to Salt Lake City and the Mormons tried to convert me, but when I found they forbade tea and tobacco I thought it was no religion for me.

Could he actually be my muirn beatha dan?

I make movies for me and posterity. I'm more scared of history than I am of the studio.

Power is the thing that holds a band of perception together, and a band of perception is life for those who perceive in that band. If the band of perception were to go away, they would not exist.

We used to send up the idea of getting to the top. John would shout, "Where are we going, fellas?" We'd shout back, "To the top, Johnny!

An aching head and trembling limbs, which are the inevitable effects of drinking, disincline the hands from work.

Research indicates that the desire to achieve the skills associated with success is more highly correlated with achievement than the desire for success itself.

I've never felt fallow in the sense that there's been no work.

I have busted more hippies' noses than all the narcs in the free world.