Harris had the egotistical dogmatism of the self-made man who had painfully educated himself without contact with superior brains.

Religion is love; in no case is it logic.

Nature still obstinately refuses to co-operate by making the rich people innately superior to the poor people.

the possession of wealth, and especially the inheritance of wealth, seems almost invariably to sterilize genius.

Work is the best of narcotics, providing the patient be strong enough to take it. I dread idleness as if it were Hell.

Beneath the surface of our daily life, in the personal history of many of us, there runs a continuous controversy between an Ego that affirms and an Ego that denies.

All along the line, physically, mentally, morally, alcohol is a weakening and deadening force.

Renunciation - that is the great fact we all, individuals and classes, have to learn. In trying to avoid it we bring misery to ourselves and others.

At present I feel like a caged animal, bound up by the luxury, comfort and respectability of my position. I can't get the training that I want without neglecting my duty.

That part of the Englishman's nature which has found gratification in religion is now drifting into political life.

Are all Cabinets congeries of little autocrats with a super-autocrat presiding over them?

It is the strongest, not the prettiest birds that conquer the sky.

Calling it as you see it, should include yourself as well.

Great Gates almighty, ” HARV said inside my brain. “I go off-line for a few nanos and the whole world goes to DOS.

My style is not that big. I wear heels, tight pants, and I wear diamonds.

the public never is independently responsive to news.

There is a nobility in the world of manners.

Great leaders motivate large groups of individuals to improve the human condition.

Most of what we strive for in our modern life uses the apparatus of goal seeking that was originally set up to seek goals in the state of nature.

In Miami, there's a Latin flavor, and I just love every bit of it.

I can make a movie about Lee Harvey Oswald and make you feel what he feels and make you understand why he believes what he believes. That doesn't mean I think you should go out and shoot JFK.