If anarchy is chaos, and chaos is war, why wasn't a single war started by anarchists?

A philosopher operates with deductions. A sophist operates with paradoxes. A "public intellectual" operates with buzzwords.

Failure to find the truth is perhaps an intellectual defeat, but failure to look for the truth is an intellectual surrender.

Believing that there is a conflict between rationality and spirituality is like believing that there is a conflict between knowledge and inspiration.

The ultimate foundation of spirituality is the recognition that there can't be such a thing as a purposeful life in a purposeless universe.

Entrepreneurship is the use of self-interest in the service of others. Politics is the use of others in the service of self-interest.

The surest way to damage society is to call for a "great man" to lead it. The surest way to improve society is to become a great man to lead oneself and convince others to do likewise.

If you want peace, prepare for ideological war with those who want others to prepare for physical war.

The world will know peace when the entrepreneur fully masters the art of starving the politician.

The greatest obstacle to liberty is not the existence of evil rulers, but the belief in the existence of good rulers.

Individualism turns a band into a society. Collectivism turns society into a mob.

the imagination of a child is the most precious gift we can share

Always keep an open mind and to listen to what those around you have to say about you. You might actually learn something that may help you become a better person!

Pleasure and freedom from pain, are the only things desirable as ends.

Yeah, apparently chasing a bus uses different muscles than sitting and eating.

When the negative thoughts come - and they will; they come to all of us - it's not enough to just not dwell on it... You've got to replace it with a positive thought.

I'll never violate my oath to the Honorable Elijah Muhammad to work night and day for the rise of my people. I've been at this for darn near 60 years; I'm too old now to do something different.

As a movie-goer, I really like to watch all different kinds of movies and, as an actor, I always feel like I could do pretty much anything but a musical.

A lifetime is more than sufficiently long for people to get what there is of it wrong.

Every thought of yours is a real thing - a force.

Taking responsibility means never blaming anyone else for anything you are being..... doing.... having, or feeling.