The greatest obstacle to liberty is not the existence of evil rulers, but the belief in the existence of good rulers.

A philosopher operates with deductions. A sophist operates with paradoxes. A "public intellectual" operates with buzzwords.

Failure to find the truth is perhaps an intellectual defeat, but failure to look for the truth is an intellectual surrender.

Believing that there is a conflict between rationality and spirituality is like believing that there is a conflict between knowledge and inspiration.

The ultimate foundation of spirituality is the recognition that there can't be such a thing as a purposeful life in a purposeless universe.

Entrepreneurship is the use of self-interest in the service of others. Politics is the use of others in the service of self-interest.

The surest way to damage society is to call for a "great man" to lead it. The surest way to improve society is to become a great man to lead oneself and convince others to do likewise.

If you want peace, prepare for ideological war with those who want others to prepare for physical war.

If anarchy is chaos, and chaos is war, why wasn't a single war started by anarchists?

The world will know peace when the entrepreneur fully masters the art of starving the politician.

Individualism turns a band into a society. Collectivism turns society into a mob.

It's lovely to see people so happy.

We read in bed because reading is halfway between life and dreaming, our own consciousness in someone else's mind.

There's always haters, no matter what you're doing - whether they're complaining that everything you do sounds the same, or it's too different.

I suggest that you do not get involved in channeling, tapping into spirits not physically present. Your own mind has the ability to properly reflect and determine what is correct and what is not.

It was only his fifth offense, and this time he's killed someone.

I grew up in Florida riding horses, so for the majority of my life I was either in boots and jeans or a bathing suit.

I'm on the pursuit of happiness, and I know, Everything that shine ain't always gonna be gold, Hey, I'll be fine once I get it, I'll be good...

I know some people like to follow the tradition, and that's who they are. That's not me.

When you are different the whole world is different. It is not a question of creating a different world. It is only a ques of creating a different you.

The Cuban people have an amazingly strong and unbroken spirit.