If simple, painless solutions to public problems existed, they would have been found long ago.

Politicians pay more attention to interest groups than to the public interest.

The federal budget deficit is the biggest single impediment to revitalizing the American economy.

The job of the Central Bank is to worry.

Cynics about government find much to be cynical about.

Imitation can acquire pretty much everything but the power which created the thing imitated.

Love is the fire that warms our lives with unparalleled joy and divine hope. Love should be our walk and our talk.

Anybody can be ambitious.

Honesty is a good thing, but it is not profitable to its possessor unless it is kept under control.

What kind of leader sends congressmen out on a kamikaze mission in an election year and right before a recess? The kind of leader whose followers are diminishing in number.

In dwelling, be close to the land. In meditation, go deep in the heart.

We civilians defend our own right to free speech. The military in Iraq does not defend our right to free speech.

I'm having a lot more fun living life. My new motto is "plerking" - I play and work at the same time.

Sons do not need you. They are always out of your reach, Walking strange waters.

Mind is just in the middle. You are nothing but a mess. If you can go beyond it, intelligence grows in you; if you go below it, any intelligence that you had disappears.