The Argument from Intimidation is a confession of intellectual impotence.

I worship individuals for their highest possibilities as individuals and I loathe humanity for its failure to live up to these possibilities.

When one acts on pity against justice, it is the good whom one punishes for the sake of the evil; when one saves the guilty from suffering, it is the innocent whom one forces to suffer. There is no escape from justice, nothing can be unearned and unpaid for in the universe, neither in matter nor in spirit—and if the guilty do not pay, then the innocent have to pay it.

It is my eyes which see, and the sight of my eyes grants beauty to the earth. It is my ears which hear, and the hearing of my ears gives its song to the world. It is my mind which thinks, and the judgement of my mind is the only searchlight that can find the truth. It is my will which chooses, and the choice of my will is the only edict I must respect.

I don’t approve of religion.

Living in a society, instead of on a desert island, does not relieve a man of the responsibility of supporting his own life.

I refuse to accept as guilt the fact of my own existence.