The revolution that's required isn't a revolution of radical ideas, but the implementation of ideas we already have.

By puberty I learned that nothing worth having could be easily attained and to succeed one must be single minded.

As long as we prioritize material truths over spiritual truths we will live in tyranny because we are living an illusion

You must not feel persecuted and examined. Liberate yourself from the idea that people are watching you.

I get fixated when I'm bleeding -- I can see why they went in for blood-letting in the medieval times because it makes you feel a bit better. When I cut myself, the drama of it calms me down.

The bad-boy label is just an assumption.

I recognize that I have the ability to be selfish, but I also recognize that you can't be happy if you only care about yourself at the expense of other people.

Strength does not have to be belligerent and loud.

If people have some sort of yearning, dissatisfaction or some itching irritability, then it might because they aren't looking in the right direction for a solution. They aren't looking within.

I thought I was promiscuous, but it turns out I was just thorough.

I'm not better than you; I'm just different than you in a way that's better.

Knowledge that leads to restlessness (unsteadiness) is tremendous bondage.

It's useless to paint a closed door, in order to change its color. The door needs to be open for both sides to change as same.

You cannot have Liberty in this world without what you call Moral Virtue, and you cannot have Moral Virtue without the slavery of that half of the human race who hate what you call Moral Virtue.

Be careful with your words, once they are said, they can only be forgiven, not forgotten.

Things which are different in order simply to be different are seldom better, but that which is made to be better is almost always different.

Democrats may be in the minority in Congress, but we speak for the majority of Americans.

As you consider building your own minimum viable product, let this simple rule suffice: remove any feature, process, or effort that does not contribute directly to the learning you seek.

I'm proof that great things can happen to ordinary people if they work hard and never give up.

Leave the door open," my dad said, the second most common warning in his arsenal. Right behind, "Nash, go home.

As far as I'm concerned, I'm a writer who's writing books, and therefore, I don't want to die. You'd miss the end of the book, wouldn't you? You can't die with an unfinished book.