I will not die, it's the world that will end." paraphrase of unknown philosopher

I am an intransigent atheist, though not a militant one. This means that I am not fighting against religion - I am fighting for reason.

Run for your life from any man who tells you that money is evil. That sentence is the leper's bell of an approaching looter.

[What for] was the first question he asked about any activity proposed to him - and nothing would make him act, if he found no valid answer. He flew through the days of his summer month like a rocket, but if one stopped him in mid-flight, he could always name the purpose of his every random moment. Two things were impossible to him: to stand still or to move aimlessly.

You have been the one encounter in my life that can never be repeated

In order to fight any issue, it is necessary to fight for something, not merely against something.

The fact that a man has no claim on others ... does not preclude or prohibit good will among men and does not make it immoral to offer or to accept voluntary, non-sacrificial assistance.