This was life as it should be lived—proud, reasoned, and a slave to no other man.

Knowing when to fight is just as important as knowing how.

In the darkest hours we must believe in ourselves.

Pity for the guilty is treason to the innocent.

Honor is honesty to what is, not blind duty to what you wish to be.

Free people were not ruled. Freedom had first to be valued before its existence could be demanded.

Freedom requires effort if it is to be won and vigilance if it is to be maintained. People just don't value freedom until it is taken away.

Hell had frozen over and I was lost in its endless labyrinth.

Faith can turn the night to light.

I think naturally my orientation is from my father.

When barriers are put in front of you, it's God or the universe asking you to remember who you are, and reminding you not to let yourself be defined by things outside of you.

One of the most pervasive mistakes is to believe that our visual system gives a faithful representation of what is "out there" in the same way that a movie camera would.

Elected office holds more perks than Elvis' nightstand.

To utter pleasant words without practicing them, is like a fine flower without fragrance.

When you're up against the clock and break-outs are happening, all the time, and it's literally rushing in on you, you do what you have to do.

The basic economic resource - the means of production - is no longer capital, nor natural resources, nor labor. It is and will be knowledge.

Mixed doubles are always starting divorces. If you play with your wife, you fight with her; if you play with somebody else, she fights with you.