“Opinions have greater power than strength of hands.”

Let men be wise by instinct if they can, but when this fails be wise by good advice.

Now let the weeping cease; Let no one mourn again. These things are in the hands of God.

A fearful man is always hearing things.

Always desire to learn something useful.

And if you think my acts are foolishness the foolishness may be in a fool’s eye.

A lie never lives to be old.

The happiest life is to be without thought.

Children are the anchors of a mother’s life.

To the person who is afraid, everything rustles.

Money is the worst currency that ever grew among mankind. This sacks cities, this drives men from their homes, this teaches and corrupts the worthiest minds to turn base deeds.

Not to be born surpasses all reckoning. The next best thing by far, when one has been born is to go back as swiftly as possible whence one came.

Whatever God has brought about Is to be borne with courage.

You can kill a man but you cant kill a idea.

Whom Jupiter would destroy he first drives mad.

I cannot love a friend whose love is words.

A man though wise, should never be ashamed of learning more, and must unbend his mind.

The essence of America – that which really unites us – is not ethnicity, or nationality or religion – it is an idea – and what an idea it is: That you can come from humble circumstances and do great things.

There is no greater miracle than our conscious efforts to become good human beings.

As I discovered, there is a great deal of similarity between a boom-bust process in the financial markets and the rise and fall of the Soviet system.

People residing within the cult of average don’t like to see others rise. It threatens their security, and spotlights their low self-worth. Go for great, no matter what they say.

American supremacy is the greatest threat to the world today.

It does not matter how great the pressure is. What really matters is where the pressure lies — whether it comes between you and God, or whether it presses you nearer His heart.

Great marketing is all about telling your story in such a way that it compels people to buy what you are selling.

In symbols one observes an advantage in discovery which is greatest when they express the exact nature of a thing briefly and, as it were, picture it; then indeed the labor of thought is wonderfully diminished.