Men never cling to their dreams with such tenacity as at the moment when they are losing faith in them and know it but do not dare yet to confess it to themselves.

Great captains of industry are as rare as great generals

If I want to be free from any other man's dictation, I must understand that I can have no other man under my control.

The type and formula of most schemes of philanthropy or humanitarianism is this: A and B put their heads together to decide what C shall be made to do for D. . . . I call C the Forgotten Man.

Undoubtedly there are, in connection with each of these things, cases of fraud, swindling, and other financial crimes; that is to say, the greed and selfishness of men are perpetual.

He who would be well taken care of must take care of himself.

If you live in a country run by committee, be on the committee.

We shall find that every effort to realize equality necessitates a sacrifice of liberty.

The State cannot get a cent for any man without taking it from some other man, and this latter must be a man who has produced and saved it. This latter is the Forgotten Man

There is no boon in nature. All the blessings we enjoy are the fruits of labor, toil, self-denial, and study.

It is the tendency of the social burdens to crush out the middle class, and to force society into an organization of only two classes, one at each social extreme.

Older, but no wiser. Alas, our dreams continue to haunt us.

I am lost in the midst of love and joy.Who will show me the path to happiness?

Heaven is fleeting, but Hell is an eternity. Hell becomes the more so the longer one lives it.

35. God is entitled to a portion of our income—not because He needs it but because we need to give it.

We have not the time to take our time.

So which is the lie? Hard or soft? Silence or time?

Any cell, tissue, or organ is capable of crying for attention, and when you give it some, the healing process begins.

I wanted to put a sheet in explaining what all the songs are about, but they didn't do it.

A squirrel dying in front of your house may be more relevant to your interests right now than people dying in Africa.

To eat with a fuller consciousness of all that is at stake might sound like a burden, but in practice few things in life afford quite as much satisfaction.