As I like to say, the entire collective memory of the species - that means all known and recorded information - is going to be just a few keystrokes away in a matter of years.

Simple, clear purpose and principles give rise to complex intelligent behavior. Complex rules and regulations give rise to simple stupid behavior.

Making good judgments when one has complete data, facts, and knowledge is not leadership - it's bookkeeping

Clean out a corner of your mind and creativity will instantly fill it.

The problem is never how to get new, innovative thoughts into your mind, but how to get old ones out.

The essence of community, its heart and soul, is the non-monetary exchange of value; things we do and share because we care for others, and for the good of the place.

If you don't understand that you work for your mislabeled 'subordinates,' then you know nothing of leadership. You know only tyranny.

An organization, no matter how well designed, is only as good as the people who live and work in it.

With the advent of genetic engineering the time required for the evolution of new species may literally collapse.

The most abundant, least used, and most abused resource in the world is human spirit and ingenuity.

Heaven is purpose, principle, and people. Purgatory is paper and procedure. Hell is rules and regulations.

Behind every legendary monster, there is an unknown tragedy.

Nothing is too great and nothing is too small to commit into the hands of the Lord.

Formerly, a public man needed a private secretary for a barrier between himself and the public. Nowadays he has a press secretary, to keep him properly in the public eye.

Regular meditation not only restores our inner harmony and vital energy, but provides us with an actual experience of the peace we seek.

As governor, I saw the link between economic prosperity and the ability to acquire knowledge.

Fine doesn't mean fine! The scale goes: great, good, okay, not okay, I hate you, fine.

The American empire will not disappear... because America does not have an empire.

A lot changed when I had Natasha. I'm a survivor.

How can you live without trusting people? There are more people who are good than people who are bad!

Poetry is a succession of questions which the poet constantly poses.