If we have never been amazed by the very fact that we exist, we are squandering the greatest fact of all.

The dog that buried the bone which even a canine appetite could not manage, the squirrel that gathered nuts for a later feast, the bees that filled the comb with honey, the ants that laid up stores for a rainy day - these were among the first creators of civilization. It was they....who taught our ancestors the art of providing for tomorrow out of the surplus of today, or of preparing for winter in summer's time of plenty.

The concentration of wealth is a natural result of this concentration of ability, and regularly recurs in history. The rate of concentration varies (other factors being equal) with the economic freedom permitted by morals and laws.

The victors called the revolution a triumph of liberty; but now and then liberty in the slogans of the strong means freedom from restraint in the exploitation of the weak.

Man is an emotional animal, occasionally rational; and through his feelings he can be deceived to his heart's content.

The time when you need to do something is when no one else is willing to do it, when people are saying it can't be done.

No man who is in a hurry is quite civilized.