An honest man is one who knows that he can't consume more than he has produced.

I am neither foe nor friend to my brothers, but such as each of them shall deserve of me. And to earn my love, my brothers must do more than to have been born. I do not grant my love without reason, nor to any chance passer-by who may wish to claim it. I honor men with my love. But honor is a thing to be earned.

You can ignore reality, but you can't ignore the consequences of ignoring reality.

A man's ego is the fountainhead of human progress.

The code of competence is the only system of morality that's on a gold standard.

Individual rights are not subject to a public vote; a majority has no right to vote away the rights of a minority.

A moment or an eternity—did it matter? Life, undefeated, existed and could exist.