"The ideas of economists and political philosophers, both when they are right and when they are wrong, are more powerful than is commonly understood. Indeed the world is ruled by little else. Practical men, who believe themselves to be quite exempt from any intellectual influences, are usually the slaves of some defunct economist."

"Most men love money and security more, and creation and construction less, as they get older."

"I work for a Government I despise for ends I think criminal."

"Ideas shape the course of history."

"Idealism is the noble toga that political gentlemen drape over their will to power."

"You see, I had been riding with the storm clouds, and had come to earth as rain, and it was drought that I had killed with the power that the Six Grandfathers gave me."

"There can only be one state of mind as you approach any profound test total concentration, a spirit of togetherness, and strength."

"I'm a great believer in the beauty and the power of surprise."