There is no word more generally misinterpreted than the word egoism, in its modern sense.

Your thoughts and emotions are yours alone.

In brief, egoism in its modern interpretation, is the antithesis, not of altruism, but of idealism.

There is never enough gold to redeem all the currency in circulation.

Paper currency has hitherto been regarded with suspicion, as insecure.

But the egoist has no ideals, for the knowledge that his ideals are only his ideals, frees him from their domination. He acts for his own interest, not for the interest of ideals.

The business of a bank is to lend money; which amounts, nowadays, to lending credit.

There is no other who experiences your thoughts or your feelings.

Large sums were paid for the use of money, because the available amount of gold and silver was far less than was needed to carry on the commercial transactions of the times.

Accordingly, when the supply of gold runs short, the security behind the notes is diminished, the loaning of notes is restricted or suspended, and the panic follows.

At present, financial crises occur, chiefly because the paper currency is redeemable in gold only.

In the world of so-called villains, what we need is not another hero. What we need is to stop the influx of people who dress themselves as menaces and proceed to harm others.

Don't condemn what you can't comprehend

The darker it gets, the brighter your dreams shine.

I would rather be a man of paradoxes than a man of prejudices.

Winter giveth the fields, and the trees so old, their beards of icicles and snow.

A stationary condition of capital and population implies no stationary state of human improvement. There could be as much scope as ever for all kinds of mental culture, and moral and social progress.

Beauty comes from the inside.

The biggest winners are surprises to me, and takeovers are even more surprising. It takes years, not months, to produce big results.

Visions of one powerful scene after another parade across his inner screen, each exploding with drama and meaning

Writing is an adventure.