"I've been blessed with plenty of ability. It's just not as easily noticed as some guys."

“It was the first follower that transformed the lone nut into a leader.”

“Trying to force something is the best way to stop it happening.”

Source : Idries Shah (1997). “The Commanding Self”, p.39, Octagon Press Ltd

“The working classes may be injuriously degraded and oppressed in three ways:1st - When they are neglected in infancy2nd - When they are overworked by their employer, and are thus rendered incompetent from ignorance to make a good use of high wages when they can procure them.3rd - When they are paid low wages for their labour”

Source : "Two Memorials on Behalf of the Working Classes". Book by Robert Owen, 1818.

“Repose demands for its expression the implied capability of its opposite,--energy.”

“There is need for a crusade of manliness and purity to counteract and nullify the savage work of those who think man is a beast. And that crusade is your work.”

“I can't remember one [example of regulation] that's good. Regulation of transport, regulation of agriculture - agriculture is a, zoning is z. You know, you go from a to z, they are all bad. There were so many studies, and the result was quite universal: The effects were bad.”

Source : "Looking for Results". Interview with Thomas Winslow Hazlett, reason.com. January 1997.

“L.A.'s a better place to live than it is to visit.”

Source : "Biography / Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

“It is not about reading the Word. It is about obeying the Word.”