All growth, including political growth, is the result of risk-taking.

The only thing wrong with the U.S. economy is the failure of the Republican Party to play Santa Claus.

One of the advantages of being disorganized is that one is always having surprising discoveries.

If you take society’s definition of knowing oneself, you will become lost in the many translations.

Your mind is your master.

...Belief is strong. Stronger than rationality. Fear, love hope -all rational emotions, but they sway people more fiercely than any fact-based argument.

Free software is software that respects your freedom and the social solidarity of your community. So it's free as in freedom.

A hole is nothing at all, but you can break your neck in it.

Before I begin, may I ask how old you are?" "You may ask." "How old are you?" "It's none of your business

I had no television when I was little, just a stack of old, beat-up comics from the 1950s and 1960s.

Sympathy is no substitute for action.

I hate knowing about illness. Whenever I read a medical book, I immediately start to get all the symptoms.