We are governed, our minds are molded, our tastes formed, our ideas suggested, largely by men we have never heard of.

If we understand the mechanism and motives of the group mind, it is now possible to control and regiment the masses according to our will without them knowing it.

We are dominated by the relatively small number of persons who understand the mental processes and social patterns of the masses. It is they who pull the wires which control the public mind.

The only difference between 'propaganda' and 'education,' really, is in the point of view. The advocacy of what we believe in is education. The advocacy of what we don't believe in is propaganda.

The engineering of consent is the very essence of the democratic process, the freedom to persuade and suggest.

People want to go where they wanted to be led.

Men (people) are rarely aware of the real reasons which motivate their actions.

Look for a situation in which your work will give you as much happiness as your spare time.

Any person or organization depends ultimately on public approval, and is therefore faced with the problem of engineering the public's consent to a program or goal.

The great enemy of any attempt to change men's habits is inertia. Civilization is limited by intertia.

The best defense against propaganda: more propaganda.

I was overpowered by being in the world, by other people and their lives I couldn’t lead, their jobs I couldn’t do - overpowered even by jobs I would never want or need to do.

Our greatest hope is to bring up children inspired by their opportunities for being helpful and loving.

Develop a clean line of action for your leading character

I went to a bunch of marches in New York and Washington, and you know I believe in the cause, but to march with those people takes a lot of compromise on my end.

God is punishing America for the way they have persecuted us at Westboro Baptist Church, and worse and more of [the Virginia Tech massacre] is coming and this evil sodomite nation is doomed.

Many of the people I work with I've worked with in other lifetimes. I moved to California because I knew that many of my students from past lives were in California.

Taxes cause the most bad business decisions.

A man who has nothing can whistle in a robber's face.

Well, here's what you can do, and that's about it.

Writing for a penny a word is ridiculous. If a man wanted to make a million dollars, the best way would be to start his own religion.