By far the greatest part of those goods which are the objects of desire are procured by labour and they may be multiplied not in one country alone but in many almost without any assignable limit if we are disposed to bestow the labour necessary to obtain them.

Do not rely completely on any other human being however dear. We meet all life's greatest tests alone.

Postmodernism surely requires an even greater grasp of symbolism as it's increasingly an art of gesture alone.

All species capable of grasping this fact manage better in the struggle for existence than those which rely upon their own strength alone: the wolf which hunts in a pack has a greater chance of survival than the lion which hunts alone.

Your most precious valued possessions and your greatest powers are invisible and intangible. No one can take them. You and you alone can give them. You will receive abundance for your giving.

I think the greatest amount of pressure is the pressure I place on myself. So in a way I chose to be alone.