A code of values accepted by choice is a code of morality..

The quickest way to kill the human spirit is to ask someone to do mediocre work..

Honor is self-esteem made visible in action..

The most depraved type of human being ... (is) the man without a purpose..

This is pity,” he thought, and then he lifted his head in wonder. He thought that there must be something terribly wrong with a world in which this m….

The alleged short-cut to knowledge, which is faith, is only a short-circuit destroying the mind.

I feel that others live up to me, if they want me..

Whoever defends his own rights defends the rights of all..

It is the metaphysically given that must be accepted: it cannot be changed. It is the man-made that must never be accepted uncritically: it must be j….

You know, I think that only if one feels immensely important can one feel truly light..

Our dearest one. Fear nothing of the forest. There is no danger in solitude. We have no need of our brothers. Let us forget their good and our evil, ….

She thought how strange it would be if she ever said 'Hello' to him. One did not greet oneself each morning..

She looked at the crowd and she felt simultaneously astonishment that they should stare at her when this event was so personally her own that no comm….

I need no warrant for being, and no word of sanction upon my being. I am the warrant and the sanction..

It's not about who's going to let me; it's about who's going to stop me..

Non-thinking is an act of annihilation, a wish to negate existence, an attempt to wipe out reality. But existence exists; reality is not to be wiped ….

In the name of the values that keep you alive, do not let your vision of man be distorted by the ugly, the cowardly, the mindless in those who have n….

I refuse to accept as guilt the fact of my own existence..

Every dictator is a mystic, and every mystic is a potential dictator. A mystic craves obedience from men, not their agreement. He wants them to surre….

I am only concerned with politics so I may see the day when I don't have to be concerned with politics..

I made my fortune by being able to spot a certain kind of man..