"It is so stupid of modern civilization to have given up believing in the devil when he is the only explanation of it."

"Avoid falsehoods like the plague except in matters of taxation, which do not count, since here your are not lying to take someone else's goods, but to prevent your own from being unjustly seized."

"Genius without religion is only a lamp on the outer gate of a palace; it may serve to cast a gleam on those that are without while the inhabitant sits in darkness."

"The leaven of true leadership cannot lift others unless we are with and serve those to be led."

"Quality is never an accident."

"Perception is strong and sight weak. In strategy it is important to see distant things as if they were close and to take a distanced view of close things."

"We are not separate from spirit, we are in it."

"Any business arrangement that is not profitable to the other person will in the end prove unprofitable for you. The bargain that yields mutual satisfaction is the only one that is apt to be repeated."

"Fortunately [psychoanalysis] is not the only way to resolve inner conflicts. Life itself still remains a very effective therapist."

"Not many people know this ... but I happen to be famous."

"It's said that if you can't say something good about a dead person, don't say it. Well, I consider him dead."

"The impersonal hand of government can never replace the helping hand of a neighbor."