There is no limit to the amount of intelligence invested in ignorance when the need for illusion runs deep.

Humankind struggles with collective powers for its freedom, the individual struggles with dehumanization for the possession of his soul.

A great deal of intelligence can be invested in ignorance when the need for illusion is deep.

There are evils that have the ability to survive identification and go on for ever... money, for instance, or war.

Associate with the noblest people you can find; read the best books; live with the mighty; but learn to be happy alone.

I am a phoenix who runs after arsonists.

You can spend the entire second half of your life recovering from the mistakes of the first half.

Everybody needs his memories. They keep the wolf of insignificance from the door.

A man is only as good as what he loves.

When we ask for advice, we are usually looking for an accomplice.

Whoever wants to reach a distant goal must take small steps.

I am sure I'd have made a better all-around man if I hadn't lost so much time just making a living.

Children are remarkable for their intelligence and ardour for their curiosity their intolerance of shams the clarity and ruthlessness of their vision.

Freedom isn't about having permission to do whatever we want... it's about having the courage to do whatever fills our life with meaning.

A liar is a liar and lives on the lies he tells and dies in a life of lies.

People are interested in crime fiction when they're quite distanced from crime. People in Darfur are not reading murder mysteries.

A leader's responsibility is to cause a vision and mission to have tangible results in the real world.

Without speculation there can be no economic activity reaching beyond the immediate present.

I think it's safe to say that the entire abortion industry is based on a lie.... I am dedicated to spending the rest of my life undoing the law that bears my name.

Persecution is a tribute the great must always pay for preeminence.

I'm damn near 37 years old, and I'm jumping up and down on the bed like my 10-year-old. I was a wild man