Tell me thy company, and I shall tell thee what thou art.

One must judge men not by their opinions, but by what their opinions have made of them.

A mediocre idea that generates enthusiasm will go further than a great idea that inspires no one.

A book is a mirror: if an ape looks into it an apostle is hardly likely to look out.

There's no such thing as perfect writing, just like there's no such thing as perfect despair.

The poor are prevented from thinking by the discipline of others, the rich by their own.

Will and intellect are one and the same thing.

It's better to be unhappy alone than unhappy with someone.

Anger makes dull men witty, but it keeps them poor.

All that you accomplish or fail to accomplish with your life is the direct result of your thoughts.

The traditional ways were wrongly disowned by Christianity - in hindsight, medicine men were not demons but very important counsellors in the community.

The American people should be made aware of the trend toward monopolization of the great public information vehicles and the concentration of more and more power over public opinion in fewer and fewer hands.

There's real poetry in the real world. Science is the poetry of reality

The speed of the leader is the speed of the gang.

To turn really interesting ideas and fledgling technologies into a company that can continue to innovate for years, it requires a lot of disciplines.

My loneliness was born when men praised my talkative faults and blamed my silent virtues.

Terrorism is the tactic of demanding the impossible, and demanding it at gunpoint.

Worry is the interest paid by those who borrow trouble.

To find a man's true character, play golf with him.

Few men have virtue to withstand the highest bidder.

It seldom happens that any felicity comes so pure as not to be tempered and allayed by some mixture of sorrow.