I am a misanthrope and yet utterly benevolent, have more than one screw loose yet am a super-idealist who digests philosophy more efficiently than food.

Contentment is the only real wealth.

If I have a thousand ideas and only one turns out to be good, I am satisfied.

My dynamite will sooner lead to peace than a thousand world conventions. As soon as men will find that in one instant, whole armies can be utterly destroyed, they surely will abide by golden peace.

Nature is man's teacher. She unfolds her treasures to his search, unseals his eye, illumes his mind, and purifies his heart; an influence breathes from all the sights and sounds of her existence.

I intend to leave after my death a large fund for the promotion of the peace idea, but I am skeptical as to its results.

A heart can no more be forced to love than a stomach can be forced to digest food by persuasion.

My home is where I work, and I work everywhere.

Second to agriculture, humbug is the biggest industry of our age.

Good wishes alone will not ensure peace.

A recluse without books and ink is already in life a dead man.

An author who gives a manager or publisher any rights in his work except those immediately and specifically required for its publication or performance is for business purposes an imbecile.

Your first written sentence is the foundation of all of your dreams.

Dreams may seem far, but the steps we take are close. Focus on these steps and watch your dreams magically appear.

You use a glass mirror to see your face you use works of art to see your soul.

When you're part of a pop phenomenon, you have so many opinions shoved down your throat.

I feel pretty confident in my own ability.

Don't get me wrong: I would love to be president.

I don’t tweet for a very simple reason, which is that I drink.

People engaged in a war do not lose temper over matters which affect the fortunes of war.

Investing is the intersection of economics and psychology.