"Mankind is made great or little by its own will."

"The strong man is strongest when alone."

"Knowledge, the object of knowledge and the knower are the three factors which motivate action the senses, the work and the doer comprise the threefold basis of action."

"Lose not yourself in a far off time, seize the moment that is thine."

"A normal way that the American free market system has worked is that we have a process of unwinding. It's called bankruptcy. It doesn't mean, necessarily, that the industry is eclipsed or that it's gone. Often times, the phoenix rises out of the ashes."

"If you want a free society, teach your children what oppression tastes like. Tell them how many miracles it takes to get from here to there. Above all, encourage them to ask questions. Teach them to think for themselves."

"The general interest of the masses might take the place of the insight of genius if it were allowed freedom of action."

"The beauty of independence, departure, actions that rely on themselves."