There ought to be no laws to guarantee property against the folly of its possessors.

Great captains of industry are as rare as great generals

If I want to be free from any other man's dictation, I must understand that I can have no other man under my control.

The type and formula of most schemes of philanthropy or humanitarianism is this: A and B put their heads together to decide what C shall be made to do for D. . . . I call C the Forgotten Man.

Undoubtedly there are, in connection with each of these things, cases of fraud, swindling, and other financial crimes; that is to say, the greed and selfishness of men are perpetual.

He who would be well taken care of must take care of himself.

If you live in a country run by committee, be on the committee.

We shall find that every effort to realize equality necessitates a sacrifice of liberty.

The State cannot get a cent for any man without taking it from some other man, and this latter must be a man who has produced and saved it. This latter is the Forgotten Man

There is no boon in nature. All the blessings we enjoy are the fruits of labor, toil, self-denial, and study.

It is the tendency of the social burdens to crush out the middle class, and to force society into an organization of only two classes, one at each social extreme.

People love dogs. This is, I hope, the least surprising sentence you will read in this book. I myself have had long discussions with my dog friends, and by that I mean my friends who are dogs.

Mission matching: an ask that creates synergistic congruence (aka win-win) between missions.

The Bad Seeds are a band I will travel a great distance to see whenever possible.

Every once in a while, when the audience is expecting to see one thing, you have to show them something else.

What better can any of us do than to reach for our own stars ... and know which they are?

I am glad it's [California novel] resonated with people because, for me, most apocalyptic novels aren't scary, because they feel so very far off.

I will tell you the story of how we found ourselves in a realm where dreams are formed, destiny is chosen, and magic is as real as a handprint in the snow.

The Bible is the book that makes fools of the wise of this world; it is only understood by the plain and simple hearted.

Until we can look at fear and accept it as the shadow of personal existence, as persons we are bound to be afraid.

the juniors were acting different because they are now the seniors. They even had T-shirts made. I don't know who plans these things.