The likely economic effects [of the war in Iraq] would be relatively small... Under every plausible scenario, the negative effect will be quite small relative to the economic benefits.

Paradoxical as it may seem, men and women who are free to pursue individualism and material wealth turn out to be the most compassionate of all.

Trust me, Wilbur. People are very gullible. They'll believe anything they see in print.

I figure we go through things that make us stronger, but we also go through things that just simply piss us off.

I believe he was feeling a bit nervous. Possibly it was my costume that took him aback. I was dressed quite well, even elegantly, and looked as if I belonged to the best society.

It won't be as easy, but lots of things that are worth doing aren't easy. It just takes commitment, discipline, and, most important, faith that it's all going to work out.

Enemies can be an incentive to survive and become someone in spite of them. Enemies can keep you alert and aware.

It is by disease that health is pleasant; by evil that good is pleasant; by hunger, satiety; by weariness, rest.

Money is like love; it kills slowly and painfully the one who withholds it, and enlivens the other who turns it on his fellow man.

A king who’s innocent of the things of which he’s guilty?

We do not depend upon any external help in meditation.

I'm not that complicated. My complications come out in my songs. All you need to do to be my friend is like me.