Desires are only the lack of something: and those who have the greatest desires are in a worse condition than those who have none, or very slight ones.

Human behavior flows from three main sources: desire emotion and knowledge.

Science is nothing but perception.

Reality is created by the mind. We can change our reality by changing our mind.

If you do not take an interest in the affairs of your government, then you are doomed to live under the rule of fools.

A wise man speaks because he has something to say; a fool because he has to say something.

No one is more hated than he who speaks the truth.

Don't force your children into your ways, for they were created for a time different from your own.

Good people do not need laws to tell them to act responsibly, while bad people will find a way around the laws.

Reality is created by the mind, we can change our reality by changing our mind.

Enjoy life. There's plenty of time to be dead. Be kind, for everyone you meet is fighting a harder battle.

The rich control our politics to a huge extend. In return they get tax cuts and deregulation. It's been and is an amazing ride for the rich.

The writer is neither saint nor tzaddik nor prophet standing at the gate

There is more to living than not dying.

What use would wings be to a man bound in iron fetters? They would only drive him to even greater despair.

Laugh at yourself, but don't ever aim your doubt at yourself.

No question about that, the radicals are in charge.

Ha, some days ago the same people were one hundred per cent sure that I'd signed for Red Bull! So much for that.

The customer deserves to receive exactly what we have promised to produce - a clean room, a hot cup of coffee, a nonporous casing, a trip to the moon on goassamer wings.

Money is the sign of liberty. To curse money is to curse liberty- to curse life, which is nothing, if it be not free.

On everything I do I'm always taking someone's money, whether it's a movie studio or a record label. Somebody's paying for it, and I'm always respectful of that. But I'm never going to compromise.