In proportion to the mental energy he spent, the man who creates a new invention receives but a small percentage of his value in terms of material payment, no matter what fortune he makes, no matter what millions he earns. But the man who works as a janitor in the factory producing that invention, receives an enormous payment in proportion to the mental effort that his job requires of him. And the same is true of all men between, on all levels of ambition and ability.

Morality pertains only to the sphere of man's free will - only to those actions which are open to his choice.

I need no warrant for being, and no word of sanction upon my being. I am the warrant and the sanction.

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. So long as men live together on earth and need means to deal with one another--their only substitute, if they abandon money, is the muzzle of a gun.

What whip lashed them to their knees in shame and submission? The worship of the word "We.

Face a challenge and find joy in the capacity to meet it.

In all proper relationships there is no sacrifice of anyone to anyone.