Man's character is the product of his premises.

Happiness is not to be achieved at the command of emotional whims.

Any refusal to recognize reality, for any reason whatever, has disastrous consequences. There are no evil thoughts except one: the refusal to think. Don't ignore your own desires.... Don't sacrifice them. Examine their cause. There is a limit to how much you should have to bear.

The ' pleasure' of being drunk is obviously the pleasure of escaping from the responsibility of Consciousness.

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

I am opposed to all forms of control. I am for an absolute, laissez-faire, free, unregulated economy.

Pride is the recognition of the fact that you are your own highest value and, like all of man's values, it has to be earned.