To escape the cycle of tragedy, we (searchers) have to be tough on the ideas of the planners, even while we salute their goodwill.

Remember, aid cannot achieve the end of poverty. Only homegrown development base on the dynamism of individuals and firms in free markets can do that.

We need a revolution in development thinking and practice. Foreign aid, debt relief, family planning, democracy, education, and free markets have not succeeded.

The rich have markets, the poor have bureaucrats.

When you are in a hole, the top priority is to stop digging.

Economists did something even better than predict the crisis. We correctly predicted that we would not be able to predict it.

If there is one number to which the rights of millions will be happily sacrificed, it is the national GDP growth rate.

Any factor that breeds polarization will worsen policy, and thus cause lower growth.

... money should not be spent according to what the West considers the most dramatic kind of suffering.

Be your own kind of brave.

The word of God is very important to Christmas. For unto us a child was born, and we should be reminded of how Christ's amazing journey came to be.

In the ring, I never really knew fear.

I'm not trying to convey a message, I'm just trying to tell a story.

A good play puts the audience through a certain ordeal.

I don't mind if my life goes in the service of the nation. If I die, every drop of my blood will invigorate the nation.

The more I learn about myself, the more I understand you.

Either make your money work for you or you will always have to work for your money.

To work on great material, what you really end up working on is yourself, your own humanity.

Cara burst into a hearty laugh. She clapped Richard on the back as he walked passed. "I like her, Lord Rahl. You may keep her.