If economists were doctors, they would today be mired in malpractice suits.

Ten geographers who think the world is flat will tend to reinforce each other's errors ... Only a sailor can set them straight.

Whenever governments adopt a moral tone - as opposed to an ethical one - you know something is wrong.

The void in our society has been produced by the absence of values... we have no widespread belief in the value of participation. The rational system has made us fear standing out in any serious way.

The recession is over." This phrase has been used twice a year since 1973 by government leaders throughout the West. Its meaning is unclear. See: Depression.

Pessimism: A valuable protection against quackery.

Democracy is the only system capable of reflecting the humanist premise of equilibrium or balance. The key to its secret is the involvement of the citizen.

People cannot do what they cannot think, and they cannot think what they cannot say.

Which is ideology? Which not? You shall know them by their assertion of truth, their contempt for considered reflection, and their fear of debate.

If allowed to run free of the social system, capitalism will attempt to corrupt and undermine democracy, which is after all not a natural state.

Unregulated competition is a naive metaphor for anarchy.

The world is not a ‘thing’ (eternal element). It is a wrong belief (vikalp) of the Soul.

There must have been a moment, at the beginning, were we could have said -- no. But somehow we missed it.

He has Van Gogh's ear for music.

I'm a pretty goofy person. I'm an awkward dancer, for instance, and a terrible singer.

"Drugs" are not necessarily narcotics. The narcotic is one type of drug and coffee is a drug... booze is a drug... many drugs.... They're all around us.

Good news. President Bush is creating thousands of new jobs. Unfortunately, all of them are at the White House.

I come from pioneer stock, developers of the West, people who went out into the wilderness and set up home with nothing but a pair of oxen.

Yet these uneasy pleasures and fine pains are for curiosity, and not for life.

No society can make a perpetual constitution... The earth belongs always to the living generation.

The key to trading success is emotional discipline. If intelligence were the key, there would be a lot more people making money trading.