Be not content with the best book; seek sidelights from the others; have no favourites.

The one pervading evil of democracy is the tyranny of the majority, or rather of that party, not always the majority, that succeeds, by force or fraud, in carrying elections.

Federalism is the best curb on democracy. [It] assigns limited powers to the central government. Thereby all power is limited. It excludes absolute power of the majority.

The most certain test by which we judge whether a country is really free is the amount of security enjoyed by minorities.

Socialism means slavery.

The danger is not that a particular class is unfit to govern: every class is unfit to govern.

Men cannot be made good by the state, but they can easily be made bad. Morality depends on liberty.

It is bad to be oppressed by a minority, but it is worse to be oppressed by a majority.

It is easier to find people fit to govern themselves than people fit to govern others.

Feudalism made land the measure and the master of all things.

The issue which has swept down the centuries and which will have to be fought sooner or later is the people versus the banks.

There are times that all you need is someone who will listen to you without judging you

It might be well enough to wander if you've a place and people to come back to, but I tell you now there's no desolation like wanting to go home and truly not knowing where it is.

Please write music like Wagner, only louder.

The whole world changes when there's presence - sunlight everywhere - because you're not separate from the world.

Action and adaptability create opportunity.

Im one of those foolish people who believe the glory days of the record industry arent behind us. Theyre actually ahead of us.

Truly, the greatest gift you have to give is that of your own self-transformation.

Art has got nothing to do with taste.

I'm always relearning things I thought I'd learned for good a while back.

The sum total of each man's giving determines the standard of man's civilization.