We have to adjust ourselves, and every radical adjustment is a crisis in self-esteem: we undergo a test, we have to prove ourselves.

The hardest arithmetic to master is that which enables us to count our blessings.

Propaganda does not deceive people; it merely helps them to deceive themselves.

The real Antichrist is he who turns the wine of an original idea into the water of mediocrity.

I hang onto my prejudices, they are the testicles of my mind.

I can never forget that one of the most gifted, best educated nations in the world, of its own free will, surrendered its fate into the hands of a maniac.

The suspicious mind believes more than it doubts. It believes in a formidable and ineradicable evil lurking in every person.

We are more ready to try the untried when what we do is inconsequential. Hence the remarkable fact that many inventions had their birth as toys.

Creativity is the ability to introduce order into the randomness of nature.

Nonconformists travel as a rule in bunches. You rarely find a nonconformist who goes it alone. And woe to him inside a nonconformist clique who does not conform with nonconformity.

When hopes and dreams are loose in the streets, it is well for the timid to lock doors, shutter windows and lie low until the wrath has passed.

God, grant me the serenity to accept the things I cannot change, the courage to change the things I can, and the wisdom to know the difference.

To become a better you, don’t dream of becoming a superior over other people. Dream of becoming a superior over your previous achievements.

Homeschooling is not a race ... You will not get behind nor do you have to live with guilt that you feel the need to catch up.

Governments don't spy on you for your protection, they spy on you to see if you're planning a revolt.

I went to college at the University of Kansas, where I got a degree in political science.

Luxury goods are the only area in which it is possible to make luxury margins.

The surest proof of being endowed with noble qualities is to be free from envy.

Gardening has increased, community gardens have increased significantly. There are 50 percent more community gardens right here in Washington DC.

Don't ever write anything you don't like yourself and if you do like it, don't take anyone's advice about changing it. They just don't know.

The historical debate is over. The answer is free-market capitalism.