What embitters the world is not excess of criticism, but absence of self-criticism.

The past is democratic, because it is a people. The future is despotic, because it is a caprice. Every man is alone in his prediction, just as each man is alone in a dream.

There is more to life than increasing its speed. Gandhi gave my life to become the person I am right now. Was it worth it? Richard Bach Life exists for the love of music or beautiful things.

The wisest thing in the world is to cry out before you are hurt. It is no good to cry out after you are hurt; especially after you are mortally hurt. People talk about the impatience of the populace; but sound historians know that most tyrannies have been possible because men moved too late. it is often essential to resist a tyranny before it exists.

If men will not be governed by the Ten Commandments, they shall be governed by the ten thousand commandments

The greenhorn is the ultimate victor in everything; it is he that gets the most out of life.

Modern broad-mindedness benefits the rich; and benefits nobody else.