The wisdom of our ancestors.

The only thing necessary for the triumph of evil is for good men to do nothing.

Nobody made a greater mistake than he who did nothing because he could do only a little.

Those who don't know history are destined to repeat it.

The hottest fires in hell are reserved for those who remain neutral in times of moral crisis.

Silence is golden but when it threatens your freedom it's yellow.

In a democracy, the majority of the citizens is capable of exercising the most cruel oppressions upon the minority.

It is a general popular error to suppose the loudest complainers for the public to be the most anxious for its welfare.

When you fear something, learn as much about it as you can. Knowledge conquers fear.

Mere parsimony is not economy. Expense, and great expense, may be an essential part in true economy.

The Fate of good men who refuse to become involved in politics is to be ruled by evil men.

You become a man not when you reach a certain age, but when you reach a certain state of mind.

We all have our demons, I just happen to exorcise mine by writing them out.

The question isn't at what age I want to retire it's at what income.

Take sides. Neutrality helps the oppressor, never the victim.

Men endowed with a wild imagination should have, in addition, the great poetic faculty of denying our universe and its values so that they may act upon it with sovereign ease.

I had woven a tapestry of obscenity that as far as I know is still hanging in space over Lake Michigan.

I never went to university. I'm self-educated. I didn't go because I was too impatient, too arrogant.

Words are like eyeglasses they blur everything that they do not make clear.

If I hurt someone, if I were to accidentally poke someone's eye out, I would laugh. And then I'd say, 'I'm sorry, I really do feel bad,' but then I'm on the floor rolling.

I'm very old-fashioned. Occasionally I do wear underwear.