"The true object of all human life is play. Earth is a task garden heaven is a playground."

"The purpose of Compulsory Education is to deprive the common people of their commonsense."

"The aim of life is appreciation; there is no sense in not appreciating things; and there is no sense in having more of them if you have less appreciation of them."

"Thieves respect property. They merely wish the property to become their property that they may more perfectly respect it."

"Maturity includes the recognition that no one is going to see anything in us that we don't see in ourselves. Stop waiting for a producer. Produce yourself."

"There are others who aim at popularity under the disguise of patriotism."

"The great thing about the United States and the historically magnetic effect it has had on a lot of people like me is its generosity, to put it simply."

"Wisdom is the reward you get for a lifetime of listening when you'd have preferred to talk."