No article of faith is proof against the disintegrating effects of increasing information; one might almost describe the acquirement of knowledge as a process of disillusion.

Love is like war: easy to begin but very hard to stop.

On some great and glorious day the plain folks of the land will reach their heart's desire at last, and the White House will be adorned by a downright moron.

The demagogue is one who preaches doctrines he knows to be untrue to men he knows to be idiots.

The whole aim of practical politics is to keep the populace alarmed (and hence clamorous to be led to safety) by menacing it with an endless series of hobgoblins, all of them imaginary.

Morality is doing what is right, no matter what you are told. Religion is doing what you are told, no matter what is right.

Every normal man must be tempted, at times, to spit on his hands, hoist the black flag, and begin slitting throats.

Democracy is a pathetic belief in the collective wisdom of individual ignorance.

The urge to save humanity is almost always a false front for the urge to rule.

It is inaccurate to say that I hate everything. I am strongly in favor of common sense, common honesty, and common decency. This makes me forever ineligible for public office.

Democracy is also a form of worship. It is the worship of Jackals by Jackasses.

Rotten people will taste rotten ice cream.

Certainly the research shows that grateful people are more innovative thinkers.

I have learned the novice can often see things that the expert overlooks. All that is necessary is not to be afraid of making mistakes, or of appearing naive.

The echoes of childhood torments have great power, even when not brought to mind in such an inexplicable and horrifying way.

TM® is helping you tap into something that's already inside of you - that's you in essence.

God made man merely to hear some praise of what he'd done on those Five Days.

I'm a bit of a hippie.

Pele called me the greatest footballer in the world. That is the ultimate salute to my life.

I couldn't tell wether the hole that opened up inside me was from missing you or from the change of season

If I must be a slave to habit let me be a slave to good habits.