The evasion of responsibility is the major cause of most peoples frustrations and defeats.

My greatest personal mistake is ever to allow a word or moment that “doesn’t count,” i.e., that I do not refer to my own basic principles. Every word, every action, every moment counts. (This is the pattern on which everybody makes mistakes [or] becomes irrational — not relating their one action or one conviction to another.

I refuse to accept as guilt the fact of my own existence.

The man who does not value himself, cannot value anything or anyone.

I think that when in doubt about the truth of an issue, it's safer and in better taste to select the least numerous of the adversaries.

Don't ever give up what you want in life. The struggle is worth it.

The three of them set out every morning on adventures of their own kind. Once, an elderly professor of literature, Mrs. Taggart's friend, saw them on top of a pile in a junk yard, dismantling the carcass of an automobile. He stopped, shook his head and said to Francisco, 'A young man of your position ought to spend his time in libraries, absorbing the culture of the world.' 'What do you think I'm doing?' asked Francisco.