My rule of life prescribed as an absolutely sacred rite smoking cigars and also the drinking of alcohol before, after and if need be during all meals and in the intervals between them.

The positive thinker sees the invisible, feels the intangible, and achieves the impossible.

The pessimist sees difficulty in every opportunity. The optimist sees opportunity in every difficulty.

Diplomacy is the art of telling people to go to hell in such a way that they ask for directions.

There is nothing government can give you that it hasn't taken from you in the first place.

Socialism is a philosophy of failure, the creed of ignorance, and the gospel of envy, its inherent virtue is the equal sharing of misery.

You will never reach your destination if you stop and throw stones at every dog that barks.

Courage is what it takes to stand up and speak; courage is also what it takes to sit down and listen.

Success consists of going from failure to failure without loss of enthusiasm.

Fear is a reaction. Courage is a decision.

A nation that forgets its past has no future.

The hard truths are the ones to hold tight. - Old Bear

Watching television is like taking black spray paint to your third eye.

The horrible truth is that I am lazy and I am going to write and do bits that just hand themselves to me.

When I cannot bear outer pressures anymore, I begin to put order in my belongings...As if unable to organize and control my life, I seek to exert this on the world of objects.

We are in a big, fat, ugly bubble. And we better be awfully careful.

Every time someone turns on a TV, I go in the other room and read.

The first priority of my life is to be holy, and the second goal of my life is to be a scholar.

Most of my young years were spent under the boots of the military.

Equality ... like freedom, exists only where you are now. Only as an egg in the womb are we all equal.

Love and do what you want. If you stop talking, you will stop talking with love; if you shout, you will shout with love; if you correct, you will correct with love.