The butcher seldom sees much interest in allowing the herd to be armed.

Communism is what happens when atheism meets bureaucracy.

Modern American liberalism is nothing but the socialism too stupid to recognize itself in the mirror.

The French - cheese-eating surrender monkeys. The Germans - schnitzel snarfing stormtrooper spawn.

There is only one way to receive intellectual respect, and that is to earn it. A degree doesn't mean anything, as there are too many maleducated morons running around with them to impress anyone.

What college boils down to is a brand name stamped on the graduate for the benefit of corporate consumers.

Once you’re on the pleasure express, it’s hard to get off and switch to another, slower service.

Never complain about what you permit to be.

The second sober thought of the people is seldom wrong and always efficient.

It is impossible to underrate human intelligence - beginning with one's own.

God raises the level of the impossible.

Awareness of death is the very bedrock of the entire path. Until you have developed this awareness, all other practices are obstructed.

To visit Morocco is still like turning the pages of some illuminated Persian manuscript all embroidered with bright shapes and subtle lines.

Wounds are like water set to boil - they heal best left unwatched.

Everyone thought I was bold and fearless and even arrogant, but inside I was always quaking.

Since when are Egyptians not white? All I know are.