The method of "postulating" what we want has many advantages; they are the same as the advantages of theft over honest toil.

The morality of work is the morality of slaves, and the modern world has no need of slavery.

The megalomaniac differs from the narcissist by the fact that he wishes to be powerful rather than charming, and seeks to be feared rather than loved. To this type belong many lunatics and most of the great men of history.

The pure mathematician, like the musician, is a free creator of his world of ordered beauty.

Mathematics rightly viewed possesses not only truth but supreme beauty.

The legacy of Greece to Western philosophy is Western philosophy.

No other organization rouses anything like the loyalty aroused by the national State. And the chief activity of the State is preparation for large-scale homicide.