At the center of your being you are the answer. You know who you are, and you know what you want.

The period is now arrived, in which either they or we must change our sentiments, or one or both must fall.

If the highest aim of a captain were to preserve his ship, he would keep it in port forever.

We will have to repent in this generation not merely for the hateful words and actions of the bad people but for the appalling silence of the good people.

Don't let your ego get too close to your position, so that if your position gets shot down, your ego doesn't go with it.

A great man is hard on himself; a small man is hard on others.

Consensus: the process of abandoning all beliefs, principles, values, and policies in search of something in which no one believes, but to which no one objects; the process of avoiding the very issues that have to be solved, merely because you cannot get agreement on the way ahead. What great cause would have been fought and won under the banner: 'I stand for consensus?

Sometimes I wonder whether the world is being run by smart people who are putting us on, or by imbeciles who really man it.

Films, football, beer, and above all, gambling filled up the horizon of their minds. To keep them in control was not difficult.

If someone succeeds in provoking you, realize that your mind is complicit in the provocation.

Your time is limited, don’t waste it living someone else’s life.

Accept – then act. Whatever the present moment contains, accept it as if you had chosen it. Always work with it, not against it.

All limitations are self-imposed.

If you are ever tempted to look for outside approval, realize that you have compromised your own integrity. If you need a witness, be your own.