...an optimistic mind-set finds dozens of possible solutions for every problem that the pessimist regards as incurable.

Ye have locked yerselves up in cages of fear and, behold, do ye now complain that ye lack FREEDOM!

Mystics are all a bit funny in the head anyway," the priest added cynically, "which is why the church locks them all up in mental hospitals and euphemistically calls these institutions monasteries.

I have read a great deal of economic theory for over 50 years now, but have found only one economic "law" to which I can find NO exceptions: Where the State prevents a free market, by banning any form of goods or services, consumer demand will create a black market for those goods or services, at vastly higher prices. Can YOU think of a single exception to this law?

I'm not an anarchist any longer, because I've concluded that anarchism is an impractical ideal.

It only takes 20 years for a liberal to become a conservative without changing a single idea.

Beyond a certain point, the whole universe becomes a continuous process of initiation.