Thus the radii of all education run together into one center which is called personality.

The State calls its own violence, law; but that of the individual, crime.

Whoever will be free must make himself free. Freedom is no fairy gift to fall into a man's lap. What is freedom? To have the will to be responsible for one's self.

Freedom cannot be granted. It must be taken.

Whoso is full of sacred (religious, moral, humane) love loves only the spook, the "true man," and persecutes with dull mercilessness the individual, the real man.

We don't call it sin today, we call it self-expression.

Religion itself is without genius. There is no religious genius and no one would be permitted to distinguish between the talented and the untalented in religion.

My power is my property. My power gives me property. My power am I myself, and through it am I my property.

If it is right for me, it is right. It is possible that it is wrong for others: let them take care of themselves!

A race of altruists is necessarily a race of slaves. A race of free men is necessarily a race of egoists.

Whoever is a complete person does not need to be an authority.

Oh, you made an impression. Like a stone caught in my boot.

Life is so magical, mysterious, magnificent, and peaceful.

Be it Schumacher or a Shoe-maker, we are all racing toward the same finishline. Realizing the fragility of life can race you to greatness

Becoming an artist is about sitting and paying attention to the world that is passing everyone else by

The Left has never been comfortable with the notion that values are more determinitive than socioeconomic factors in human behavior

There's a difference, though, between being a political appointee and putting a political operative in charge of a U.S. attorney's office.

I wish I could [keep a journal]. I have a lot of journals with one page half written in. I sometimes will write myself a quick email on my Blackberry when I think of something.

Because our civilization is woven of so many diverse strands, the ideas which any one group accepts will be found to contain numerous contradictions.

The great thing about meditation is that I don’t ask for anything. Whereas when I pray I always ask for things!

Behold, now, another providence of God. A ship comes into the harbor.