Power is not a material possession that can be given, it is the ability to act. Power must be taken, it is never given.

Cultivate solitude and quiet and a few sincere friends, rather than mob merriment, noise and thousands of nodding acquaintances.

Dessert is probably the most important stage of the meal, since it will be the last thing your guests remember before they pass out all over the table.

Have you noticed that the people who actually make the laws, the people in power, never make laws for themselves?

The only laws a man can truly respect are the ones he makes for himself.

Believe it or not, bananas do contain a small quantity of Musa Sapientum bananadine, which is a mild, short-lasting psychedelic.

I highly recommend worrying. It is much more effective than dieting.

If a man is to be a man, a free spirit unto himself, he must arm himself not only with weapons but with ideals and concepts he is willing to die for.

There is only one purpose in hand-to-hand combat, and that is to kill. Never face an enemy with the idea of knocking him out. The chances are extremely good that he will kill you.

Since shotguns are not military weapons, your local sporting goods dealer will have good information about them, as long as you aren't black, Spanish, or a white freak.

Why did God make so many dumb fools and Democrats?

Even the wisdom of the wisest depends on the accumulated wisdom of the past!

The restlessness and the longing, like the longing that is in the whistle of a faraway train. Except that the longing isn't really in the whistle—it is in you.

Being happy is not the only happiness.

If you are first you are first. If you are second, you are nothing.

He who has no sympathy with myths has no sympathy with men.

I wear black for those who never read or listen to the words that Jesus said, about the road to happiness, through love and charity.

It is impossible for authors to discover beauties in one another's works; they have eyes only for spots and blemishes.

We really think health savings accounts were kind of invented in Indiana.

Individuality' is the key to success.

The worse I get along with people the more I learn to have faith in Nature and concentrate on her.