If we only wanted to be happy, it would be easy; but we want to be happier than other people, and that is almost always difficult, since we think them happier than they are.

It is necessary from the very nature of things that power should be a check to power.

The deterioration of every government begins with the decay of the principles on which it was founded.

We receive three educations, one from our parents, one from our school-masters, and one from the world. The third contradicts all that the first two teach us.

There is no crueler tyranny than that which is perpetuated under the shield of law and in the name of justice.

Every man who has power is impelled to abuse it.

In the state of nature... all men are born equal, but they cannot continue in this equality. Society makes them lose it, and they recover it only by the protection of the law.

A nation may lose its liberties in a day and not miss them in a century.

For a country, everything will be lost when the jobs of an economist and a banker become highly respected professions.

Liberty... is there only when there is no abuse of power.

Knowledge humanizes mankind, and reason inclines to mildness; but prejudices eradicate every tender disposition.

We all see the same thing, but interpretive it differently.

In these tough economic times, everybody has to cut back. I am down to three tabs of ecstasy a day.

Putting is a very personal affair.

The most successful way to play golf is the easiest way.

Let them fear bondage who are slaves to fear; the sweetest freedom is an honest heart.

God is the one who saved me. He who believes in God, in His cause and His truth is capable of standing up to the greatest power.

Find a problem that you can provide a solution to.

for business reasons, I must preserve the outward signs of sanity.

In Nigeria, financial services, telecoms, and entertainment have driven growth more than oil.

As you know, transforming such a big book [The Gunslinger Born] into graphic novel format is really a process of translation.