When personal judgment is inoperative (or forbidden), men's first concern is not how to choose, but how to justify their choice

The purpose of morality is to teach you, not to suffer and die, but to enjoy yourself and live.

My dear fellow, who will let you?" "That's not the point. The point is, who will stop me?

The great creators - the thinkers, the artists, the scientists, the inventors - stood alone against the men of their time. Every great new thought was opposed. Every great new invention was denounced. The first motor was considered foolish. The airplane was considered impossible... But the men of unborrowed vision went ahead. They fought, they suffered and they paid. But they won.

Rationalization is a process of not perceiving reality, but of attempting to make reality fit one’s emotions.

She was incapable of love for any object not of her own choice and she resented anyone's demand for it.

A good quotation must be a complete entity. It must be like a headline - sharp, clear, whole.