There is only one source of authentic self-confidence: reason.

I saw that evil was impotent—that evil was the irrational, the blind, the anti-real—and that the only weapon of its triumph was the willingness of the good to serve it.

When a man attempts to deal with me by force, I answer him, by force.

The concept of free competition enforced by law is a grotesque contradiction in terms.

I'm not brave enough to be a coward; I see the consequences too clearly.

Men have been taught that it is a virtue to agree with others. But the creator is the man who disagrees. Men have been taught that it is a virtue to swim with the current. But the creator is the man who goes against the current. Men have been taught that it is a virtue to stand together. But the creator is the man who stands alone.

Mysticism requires the notion of the unknowable, which is revealed to some and withheld from others; this divides men into those who feel guilt and those who cash in on it.