And the so-called 'political process' is a fraud: Our elected officials, like our bureaucratic functionaries, like even our judges, are largely the indentured servants of the commercial interests.

A house built on greed cannot long endure.

If it's knowledge and wisdom you want, then seek out the company of those who do real work for an honest purpose.

But of the seven deadly sins, wrath is the healthiest - next only to lust.

And if the computer gives you any back talk, pour some well-sugared office coffee into its evil little silicon brain.

I would not sacrifice a single living mesquite tree for any book ever written. One square mile of living desert is worth a hundred 'great books' - and one brave deed is worth a thousand.

Ah yes, the head is full of books. The hard part is to force them down through the bloodstream and out through the fingers.

Instant communication is not communication at all but merely a frantic, trivial, nerve-wracking bombardment of cliches, threats, fads, fashions, gibberish and advertising.

Not all questions can be answered.

Readers, not critics, are the people who determine a book's eventual fate.

In the land of bleating sheep and braying jackasses, one brave and honest man is bound to create a scandal.

You'll never be able to let him go. You'll always feel wrong about being with me.

In human life, economics precedes politics or culture.

Since I was not able wholly to subscribe to any one set of beliefs advanced by any 'guru' I had to fall back on my own, however derivative.

The study of law, medicine and the arts, in each of these instances, the developed mindset is very helpful to one who is practicing meditation.

Perspective is an Art Mathematical which demonstrates the manner and properties of all radiations direct, broken and reflected.

Wine snobbery, of course, is part showmanship, part sophistication, part knowledge, and part bluff

Don't try to make me grow up before my time.

Every Sailor has the potential to lead," said Mullen, "I don't care if it's a seaman recruit or someone higher ranking than myself. Where there's a will, there's a way.

She had a penetrating sort of laugh. Rather like a train going into a tunnel.

I am Superman. And the only thing that can kill Superman is Kryptonite. And Kryptonite doesn't exist.