The power to become habituated to his surroundings is a marked characteristic of mankind.

The difficulty lies, not in the new ideas, but in escaping from the old ones.

Capitalism is the extraordinary belief that the nastiest of men, for the nastiest of reasons, will somehow work for the benefit of us all.

By a continuing process of inflation, government can confiscate, secretly and unobserved, an important part of the wealth of their citizens.

When the facts change, I change my mind.

It is better to be roughly right than precisely wrong.

The biggest problem is not to let people accept new ideas, but to let them forget the old ones.

If farming were to be organised like the stock market, a farmer would sell his farm in the morning when it was raining, only to buy it back in the afternoon when the sun came out.

The outstanding faults of the economic society in which we live are its failure to provide for full employment and its arbitrary and inequitable distribution of wealth and incomes.

Long run is a misleading guide to current affairs. In the long run we are all dead.

The boom, not the slump, is the right time for austerity at the Treasury.

Saul wanted to destroy his best warrior, David, instead of helping David destroy his real enemies. Lesson: The very person you are fighting against may be your greatest asset.

Your lifestyle should reflect your passion

They say that God doesn't give you more than you can handle.Tell that to her.

Anything is possible if you wish hard enough.

Most people would assume, as I do, that the courtroom is a place for the truth, but it's not with our corrupt judges today - and I'm talking about the corrupt ones on the court of appeals.

Only God knows the good that can come about by reading one good Catholic book.

Well, your greatest joy definitely comes from doing something for another, especially when it was done with no thought of something in return.

If me and my girlfriend were fighting, and it got to the point where she started crying, I would just shut up and hold her.

Thoughts are odd misfires.

Compassion isn't morose; it's something replenishing and opening; that's why it makes us happy.