The nature of man is such that people consider themselves put under an obligation as much by the benefits they confer as by those they receive.

The lion cannot protect himself from traps, and the fox cannot defend himself from wolves. One must therefore be a fox to recognize traps, and a lion to frighten wolves.

Everyone sees what you appear to be, few experience what you really are.

I desire to go to Hell and not to Heaven. In the former I shall enjoy the company of popes, kings and princes, while in the latter are only beggars, monks and apostles

Entrepreneurs are simply those who understand that there is little difference between obstacle and opportunity and are able to turn both to their advantage.

A government which does not trust its citizens to be armed is not itself to be trusted.

Men are so stupid and concerned with their present needs, they will always let themselves be deceived.

It is just as difficult and dangerous to try to free a people that wants to remain servile as it is to enslave a people that wants to remain free.

Any man who tries to be good all the time is bound to come to ruin among the great number who are not good.

A sign of intelligence is an awareness of one's own ignorance.

Power is the pivot on which everything hinges. He who has the power is always right; the weaker is always wrong.

Nothing else wounds so deeply and irreparably. Nothing else robs us of hope so much as being unloved by one we love

If you want change and don’t make choices that reflect the change, you are making a choice to keep things the same.

...you called me poet-priest - I am. ...devoted to my art, faithful to you...or, is the other way around?...

There is no movement without our own resistance.

A woman has to have something on or there's nothing to take off.

The Past is such a curious Creature To look her in the Face A Transport may receipt us Or a Disgrace-.

At one time I was so much involved in the religious bullshit that I used to go around calling myself a Christian Communist, but as Janov says, religion is legalised madness.

Creed's sound is my sound.

Experience seems to be the only thing of any value that's widely distributed.

God is like the sun. When the sun shines, it shines for everyone. God is for everyone.