The people of a nation are enslaved when, together, they are helpless to institute effective change, when the people serve the government more than the government serves them.

There are only two races (and they are not distinguished by color): those who are free and those who are not.

My intent is to tell the truth as I know it, realizing that what is true for me may be blasphemy for others.

Nothing in the world is as fearsome as a bloody, battered opponent who will never surrender.

Our willingness to openly reveal our feelings in our argument nearly always builds our credibility.

The erosion of a nation's concern for life and for individual rights, has always preceded the intrusion of tyranny.

The best antidote for crime is justice. The irony we often fail to appreciate is that the more justice people enjoy, the fewer crimes they commit. Crime is the natural offspring of an unjust society.

To freely bloom - that is my definition of success.

The gift of self cannot be given to us. It is an incomparable gift that has already been given. We have possessed it from the beginning.

Faced with the pain of freedom, man begs for his shackles.

When we acknowledge the kingdom of the self, we will no longer accept slavery either for ourselves or for others, no matter how it is disguised.

To win in life, never forget to be content competing with yourself.

I'm a huge animal lover - I love animals to death. I've got tortoises and three dogs, and I've had a million animals in the past. I just think that we should do all we can to take care of them.

Being alone is scarier than any boogey man and the reason why I don't choose to see Horror movies as a rule.

I want the situations and plots to be surprising and unusual.

The people who don’t give up are the people who find a way to believe in abundance rather than scarcity.

Farrell's Bar in Brooklyn had urinals so large they looked like shower stalls for Toulouse-Lautrec.

Perhaps we just need little reminders from time to time that we are already dignified, deserving, worthy.

To the end of history, social orders will probably destroy themselves in an effort to prove they are indestructible.

I believe that in this generation those with the courage to enter the conflict will find themselves with companions in every corner of the world.

I rope steers in team roping events. There's a header and a heeler on a roping team, and I'm the heeler.