The tyrant is nothing but a slave turned inside out.

There is a principle which is a bar against all information, which cannot fail to keep a man in everlasting ignorance-that principle is contempt prior to investigation.

The great aim of education is not knowledge but action.

The wise man must remember that while he is a descendant of the past, he is a parent of the future.

The society exists for the benefit of its members; not its members for the benefit of the society.

No one can be perfectly free till all are free; no one can be perfectly moral till all are moral; no one can be perfectly happy till all are happy.

All Socialism involves slavery.

Hero-worship is strongest where there is least regard for human freedom.

This survival of the fittest implies multiplication of the fittest.

Be bold, be bold, and everywhere be bold.

Civilization is a progress from an indefinite, incoherent homogeneity toward a definite, coherent heterogeneity.

Rain is rain.

The abandonment came, and now this shabby bacchanal.

If you have life you have money but if you have money you don't have life, for life is like every precious thing you need

Close your eyes. Grab a hand. And jump! Your destiny is waiting for you at the bottom!

Almost everything comes from almost nothing.

The more intense has been the religion of any period and the more profound has been the dogmatic belief, the greater has been the cruelty and the worse has been the state of affairs.

The long arm of the law slides up the outskirts of town.

I have a different way of thinking. I think synergistically. I'm not linear in thinking, I'm not very logical.

At the best and even unexpurgated, diaries give a distorted or one-sided portrait of the writer.

A really good style comes only when a man has become as good as he can be. Style is character. A good style cannot come from a bad undisciplined character.