Inflation is the one form of taxation that can be imposed without legislation.

A society that puts equality before freedom will get neither. A society that puts freedom before equality will get a high degree of both.

If you put the federal government in charge of the Sahara Desert, in 5 years there'd be a shortage of sand.

Underlying most arguments against the free market is a lack of belief in freedom itself.

You cannot be sure that you are right unless you understand the arguments against your views better than your opponents do.

The essential notion of a capitalist society ... is voluntary cooperation, voluntary exchange. The essential notion of a socialist society is force.

I am favor of cutting taxes under any circumstances and for any excuse, for any reason, whenever it's possible.

The great advances of civilization, whether in architecture or painting, in science or literature, in industry or agriculture, have never come from centralized government.

Nothing is so permanent as a temporary government program.

You cannot simultaneously have free immigration and a welfare state.

The government solution to a problem is usually as bad as the problem.

Never be afraid to trust an unknown future to a known God.

Only in stillness the windOnly from ice the flame.When all were Nameless, the wise will tellIt was only by knowing the otherThat they came to know themselves.

...freshly cut Christmas trees smelling of stars and snow and pine resin - inhale deeply and fill your soul with wintry night...

Even when they're not causing injury, human-controlled cars are often driven inefficiently, ineptly, antisocially, or in other ways additive to the sum of human misery.

I am very sensitive to the smells and sensations that are part of perfumes because they remind me of things: moments from the past, people, events.

What is light without dark? Right without left? What is goodness without the option to be evil?

In my insides, it really hurts if someone doesn't like me. It's silly.

Nothing is more beautiful than cheerfulness in an old face.

One of the things I enjoy is the challenge of Mother Nature.

I understand the concept of optimism. But I think with me what you get is a lack of cynicism.