Any refusal to recognize reality, for any reason whatever, has disastrous consequences. There are no evil thoughts except one: the refusal to think. Don't ignore your own desires.... Don't sacrifice them. Examine their cause. There is a limit to how much you should have to bear.
Never think of pain or danger or enemies a moment longer than is necessary to fight them.
I have no faith at all. I only hold convictions.
Force and mind are opposites; morality ends where a gun begins.
Civilization is the progress toward a society of privacy.
Courage and confidence are practical necessities . . . courage is the practical form of being true to existence, of being true to truth, and confidence is the practical form of being true to one’s own consciousness.