"Civilization is the progress toward a society of privacy. The savage's whole existence is public, ruled by the laws of his tribe. Civilization is the process of setting man free from men."

"People create their own questions because they are afraid to look straight. All you have to do is look straight and see the road, and when you see it, don't sit looking at it - walk."

"When man learns to understand and control his own behavior as well as he is learning to understand and control the behavior of crop plants and domestic animals, he may be justified in believing that he has become civilized."

"Run for your life from any man who tells you that money is evil. That sentence is the leper's bell of an approaching looter."

"Government is an association of men who do violence to the rest of us."

"To walk the path of enlightenment means a mind at peace can weather any storm."

"The roots of genuine insight grow deep in the soil of quiet observation. For where clarity resides, peace inevitably follows."

"If we don't get gun-control laws in this country, we are full of beans. To have the National Rifle Association rule the United States is pathetic. And I agree with Mayor Michael Bloomberg: It's time to put up or shut up about gun control for both parties."