I was bold in the pursuit of knowledge, never fearing to follow truth and reason to whatever results they led.

I find that the harder I work, the more luck I seem to have.

Honesty is the first chapter in the book of wisdom.

Nothing can stop the man with the right mental attitude from achieving his goal; nothing on earth can help the man with the wrong mental attitude.

The end of democracy and the defeat of the American Revolution will occur when government falls into the hands of lending institutions and moneyed incorporations.

I never considered a difference of opinion in politics, in religion, in philosophy, as cause for withdrawing from a friend.

I prefer dangerous freedom over peaceful slavery.

When tyranny becomes law, rebellion becomes duty.

Truth between candid minds can never do harm.

The government you elect is the government you deserve.

Our liberty depends on the freedom of the press, and that cannot be limited without being lost.

I'm living so far beyond my means that we may almost be said to be living apart.

I live my life progressing for nothing else but the best.

I guess not being ‘just like them’ is a crime.

The intricacies of spiritual philosophy and theologies are just a thought within Emptiness.

The whole title by which you possess your property, is not a title of nature but of a human institution.

I enjoy pushing my characters to the limit. No matter how far out there I go, I look for things that make the characters human.

It never occurs to Arnold that the ball won't go in the hole, but I'm always surprised when it does.

That which comes easily departs easily. That which comes of struggle remains.

Art Is a Way Out. Do not let life overwhelm you. When the old paths are choked with the débris of failure, look for newer and fresher paths. Art is just such a path. Art is distilled from suffering.

They were always doing something. Quietly, without interruption, and with great concentration, they carried on with the hundred-and-one small things that made up their world.