There have been unions based on gold or silver, but not on fiat money - money tempted to inflate - put out by politically independent entities.

A society that puts equality before freedom will get neither. A society that puts freedom before equality will get a high degree of both.

If you put the federal government in charge of the Sahara Desert, in 5 years there'd be a shortage of sand.

Underlying most arguments against the free market is a lack of belief in freedom itself.

You cannot be sure that you are right unless you understand the arguments against your views better than your opponents do.

The essential notion of a capitalist society ... is voluntary cooperation, voluntary exchange. The essential notion of a socialist society is force.

I am favor of cutting taxes under any circumstances and for any excuse, for any reason, whenever it's possible.

The great advances of civilization, whether in architecture or painting, in science or literature, in industry or agriculture, have never come from centralized government.

Nothing is so permanent as a temporary government program.

You cannot simultaneously have free immigration and a welfare state.

The government solution to a problem is usually as bad as the problem.

The Buddha taught that most problems - if only you give them enough time and space - will eventually wear themselves out.

The artist's interest cannot be restricted to a single field; he must seek the highest perception of everything, of the whole and its details.

When you are laboring for others, let it be with the same zeal as if it were for yourself.

Sexual gratification can only be achieved through the use of machines.

Roaring dreams take place in a perfectly silent mind. Now that we know this, throw the raft away.

I’m always focussed on the actual work, and I think that’s a much more succinct way to describe what you care about than any speech I could ever make.

I certainly have been guilty of trying to sweep things under the carpet.

My favorite author's question of all time - because it's so simple to answer ... 'Is your hair really like that, or do you get it done?

There must be a subject to know the good and evil. Thatsubject is the ego.