Private charity discourages poverty while public subsidies encourage it.

Do just once what others say you can't do, and you will never pay attention to their limitations again.

Remember, the greater the opportunity, the fewer are those who see it.

Independent thinkers are usually geniuses or idiots and at times it's hard to tell which.

To enslave a people, give them money they didn't earn.

It's easier to have faith in yourself if you have faith in God.

To succeed in business, put the interest of the customer ahead of your own.

The decline and fall of a civilization is barely noticed by most of its citizens.

Love of country is nowhere the same as love of government.

Apparently there's nothing more dangerous than a religious criminal.

Hardly anything works out as well as we hope.

Your greatest disappointment will often lead you to your greatest appointment.

Extra miles, extensive preparation and exhaustive efforts usually show astonishing results.

You can't ever really have enough worth that when you're gone, the spot you left won't close over.

Nerves provide me with energy. ... It's when I don't have them when I feel at ease that I get worried.

I try to make sure that the Buddhism is more or less implicit in the music rather than explicit.

The nice thing about solo is I don't have to coordinate with anyone else's schedule, since it's hard for me just to have a free 15 minutes here and there.

…all things created have an order in themselves, and this begets the form that lets the universe resemble God.

It's not enough to be American. You always have to be something else, Irish-American, German-American, and you'd wonder how they'd get along if someone hadn't invented the hyphen

Following the Noble Path is like entering a dark room with a light in the hand; the darkness will all be cleared away, and the room will be filled with light.

Goodbyes are not forever Goodbyes aren't final, when You only mean we'll miss you Until we meet again