Beware the influence of the military-industrial complex.

If a political party does not have its foundation in the determination to advance a cause that is right and that is moral, then it is not a political party; it is merely a conspiracy to seize power.

For every obstacle there is a solution. Persistence is the key. The greatest mistake is giving up!

The middle of the road is all of the usable surface. The extremes, right and left, are in the gutters.

Leadership consists of nothing but taking responsibility for everything that goes wrong and giving your subordinates credit for everything that goes well.

The supreme quality of leadership is integrity.

If you want total security, go to prison. There you're fed, clothed, given medical care and so on. The only thing lacking... is freedom.

A people that values its privileges above its principles soon loses both.

You don't lead by hitting people over the head - that's assault, not leadership.

Always try to associate yourself with and learn as much as you can from those who know more than you do, who do better than you, who see more clearly than you.

To be true to one's own freedom is, in essence, to honor and respect the freedom of all others.

Sometimes things happen that give me cause to believe I no longer exist. Car park barriers which do not lift when I drive towards them, automatic doors which do not open automatically as I approach.

The saxophone is a very interesting machine, but I'm more interested in music.

In any language it is a struggle to make a sentence say exactly what you mean.

Imagine a hot tub for the mind. That is what meditation is; it can bathe your mind in relaxing thoughts.

You master Monday! You start winning the day! You start winning the week! Then the month! Then the year!

Do you know...what I think is a great pity? It is this: that we have all become such skeptics that we hardly believe what our pious grandmothers told us.

You evah hear of a magic screw?' I cough back a laugh. 'No. No, sir.

I consider myself a court jester - motivator.

Come on, baby, light my fire. Try to set the night on fire.

It's not can you, it's will you