The object of the state is always the same: to limit the individual, to tame him, to subordinate him, to subjugate him.

The State calls its own violence, law; but that of the individual, crime.

Whoever will be free must make himself free. Freedom is no fairy gift to fall into a man's lap. What is freedom? To have the will to be responsible for one's self.

Freedom cannot be granted. It must be taken.

Whoso is full of sacred (religious, moral, humane) love loves only the spook, the "true man," and persecutes with dull mercilessness the individual, the real man.

We don't call it sin today, we call it self-expression.

Religion itself is without genius. There is no religious genius and no one would be permitted to distinguish between the talented and the untalented in religion.

My power is my property. My power gives me property. My power am I myself, and through it am I my property.

If it is right for me, it is right. It is possible that it is wrong for others: let them take care of themselves!

A race of altruists is necessarily a race of slaves. A race of free men is necessarily a race of egoists.

Whoever is a complete person does not need to be an authority.

Never forget to value yourself

When you get to know me, I don't despair - I just get up, clean up, and start again.

The reality of any place is what its people remember of it.

Literature is like any other trade; you will never sell anything unless you go to the right shop.

Where are the songs of Spring? Aye, where are they? Think not of them; thou has thy music too.

It's a mystery of human chemistry and I don't understand it, some people, as far as their senses are concerned, just feel like home.

You get paid consistent with your ability to solve problems.

I certainly wish Gov. Palin no harm. I'd just like her to explain to me how she can hold such outrageous views...and then go back to Alaska.

From the highest god to the meanest grass, the same power is present in all - whether manifested or not. We shall have to call forth that power by going from door to door.

One should always aim at being interesting, rather than exact.