A hopeless man is a very desperate and dangerous man, almost a dead man.

The purpose of life is to contribute in some way to making things better.

Only those who dare to fail greatly can ever achieve greatly.

Fear not the path of Truth for the lack of People walking on it.

The first sign of tyranny is government's complicity in privatizing the commons for private gain.

Religion is a salve for confusion and misdirection.

While communism is the control of business by government, fascism is the control of government by business.

The sharpest criticism often goes hand in hand with the deepest idealism and love of country.

The most patriotic thing you can do is to take care of the environment and try to live sustainably.

You're happiest while you're making the greatest contribution.

Corporate polluters, their phony think tanks and political toadies like to marginalize environmentalists as tree huggers, or radicals. But there is nothing radical about clean air or water.

I feel no different than I felt at 99, 98 or 97. Just because you live a long time, you get all this attention. Just because you survived? Of course, I survived a lot.

Trust isn't something that's spoken and love's never wrong when it's real.

We get what we deserve. They are our elected officials.

It is not the drinker, but the man who has just stopped drinking, who thinks the world is going to the dogs.

I don't play much golf anymore. I can't - if I break 80, I'm doing pretty well.

I'm 82 years old, wherever I go everybody knows me, but here's why... I'm a merchandiser, I'm not just a writer, I stay in every avenue you can think of.

My doctor is nice; every time I see him, I'm ashamed of what I think of doctors in general.

I'm very careful with money - both my parents were very sensible with it and I grew up to become an obsessive saver.

Each man, in his suffering, can also become a sharer in the redemptive suffering of Christ.

I was fortunate enough to have baseball to teach me the values relative to success. The sport gifted me with leadership and team building skills that translate in a relatable way in the world.