There's nothing that does so much harm as good intentions.

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.

Where even ravi (the sun) cannot reach, there will go a kavi (poet)." - Vimalananda

He has chosen not to heal me, but to hold me. The more intense the pain, the closer His embrace.

Schools don't really allow failure and yet it's a valid part of any endeavour, not just writing.

A garden must combine the poetic and the mysterious with a feeling of serenity and joy.

My lungs taste the air of Time,Blown past falling sands.

Ive managed to dodge the curse. Not all my family have. Of course, music helped me - music is all about civilization, about something worthwhile. Its all about ideas.

Never give up. Last year I was trying to give up but I couldn't.

There is great incongruity in this idea of monuments, since those to whom they are usually dedicated need no such recognition to embalm their memory; and any man who does, is not worthy of one.

I'm good with telling people what I think, too, but I don't know why people are so content to treat each other poorly.

Everything in life is writable.