One's own independent judgment is the means by which one must choose one's actions, but it is not a moral criterion nor a moral validation; only reference to a demonstrable principle can validate one's choices.

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

Socialism is the doctrine that man has no right to exist for his own sake, that his life and his work do not belong to him, but belong to society, that the only justification of his existence is his service to society, and that society may dispose of him in any way it pleases for the sake of whatever it deems to be its own tribal, collective good.

I'm working to improve my methods, and every hour I save is an hour added to my life.

It is too early to feel fear of the future when one is under 30, and too late after that. What I mean is that one must never allow fear to become one's permanent sense of life. The important thing is to prepare yourself intellectually to deal with whatever circumstances you may encounter, which requires that you define your values fully, clearly and rationally -- and never betray them.

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

The word which can never die on this earth, for it is the heart of it and the meaning and the glory. The sacred word: EGO.