There are only two questions about government. How much do you want? How much can you stand?

Do just once what others say you can't do, and you will never pay attention to their limitations again.

Remember, the greater the opportunity, the fewer are those who see it.

Independent thinkers are usually geniuses or idiots and at times it's hard to tell which.

To enslave a people, give them money they didn't earn.

It's easier to have faith in yourself if you have faith in God.

To succeed in business, put the interest of the customer ahead of your own.

The decline and fall of a civilization is barely noticed by most of its citizens.

Love of country is nowhere the same as love of government.

Apparently there's nothing more dangerous than a religious criminal.

Hardly anything works out as well as we hope.

In other words, where we are is vital to who we are.

Sparks are warm while they last.

Cure sometimes, treat often and comfort always.

The plain fact is that if you don't have a problem, you create one. If you don't have a problem you don't feel that you are living.

The Eskimo has fifty-two names for snow because it is important to them there ought to be as many for love.

Vulnerability is something that I negotiate every day.

Treasure the shadow. ... There are no shadows save from substance cast.

It is also worth asking whether the strict limitations of Geneva make sense in a war against terrorists.

...to befoul the unholy alliance between corrupt business and corrupt politics is the first task of the statesmanship of the day.

At school I'd want to be so small that nobody could see me, and so my work depicts and reflects me - what it felt like to grow up in a world of pain.