Life is the reward of virtue. And happiness is the goal and reward of life.

The evasion of responsibility is the major cause of most peoples frustrations and defeats.

The government was set to protect man from criminals, and the Constitution was written to protect man from the government.

And now I see the face of god, and I raise this god over the earth, this god whom men have sought since men came into being, this god who will grant them joy and peace and pride. This god, this one word: 'I.

For the coming of that day shall I fight, I and my sons and my chosen friends. For the freedom of Man. For his rights. For his life. For his honor.

Why do they always teach us that it's easy and evil to do what we want and that we need discipline to restrain ourselves? It's the hardest thing in the world--to do what we want. And it takes the greatest kind of courage. I mean, what we really want.

Romantic art is always stylized: the better the art, the cleaner and more attractive and intelligent the stylization.