Liberalism can only be defined negatively. It is a mere critique, not a living idea

A moment's reflection shows that Liberalism is entirely negative. It is not a formative force, but always and only a disintegrating force.

For us there is but one crime: to be untrue to ourselves.

To an intellectual who is adrift in politics, a theory is an aim; to a true politician his theory is a boundary

Rationalism, which is the feeling that everything is subject to and completely explicable by Reason, consequently rejects everything not visible and calculable.

If pessimism is despair, optimism is cowardice and stupidity. Is there any need to choose between them?

Capitalism is not an economic system, but a world-outlook, or rather, a part of a whole world-outlook

Alliance does not mean love, any more than war means hate

No section of the American populace has been more completely deceived by the forces interested in keeping the truth from the people than America's youth.

To the fantastic mental illness of Rationalism, hard facts are regrettable things, and to talk about them is to create them

As a world view, Darwinism cannot of course be refuted, since Faith is, always has been, and always will be, stronger than facts

I've never been somewhere I belonged, but there are places where I think I could be happy. Like San Francisco. Well, do art museums count? Because I feel like I belong in them.

It is only through seeking that we find what we are looking for.

I didn’t thank God. Doctor Carter, do you think everything happened the way it did because I forgot to thank God? Do you think that God might somehow be as petty as I am?

The times when we could fully count on others are over to a certain extent.

A liberal: someone who thinks he knows more about your experience than you do.

The plight of modern man is that he is condemmed to be free.

I didn't mind being thought of as dumb. I knew I wasn't.

Many claim that it is insane to resist the system; but actually, it is insane not to.

No matter how far life pushes you down, no matter how much you hurt, you can always bounce back.

Silk Road to Ruin has all the analysis and it's structured very well. I rely on my notes more and I use direct quotes. But there's nothing like writing about it right away.