Laws, religions, creeds, and systems of ethics, instead of making society better than its best unit, make it worse than its average unit, because they are never up to date.

An American has no sense of privacy. He does not know what it means.There is no such thing in the country.

Rich men without convictions are more dangerous in modern society than poor women without chastity.

The truth is, hardly any of us have ethical energy enough for more than one really inflexible point of honor.

Deep knowledge is not knowledge of the thing itself, but knowledge of a thing like the thing. Then, you gain not one knowledge, but two knowledges. Of the thing. And of the original thing with is like the thing. Which is the barbarism of the privileged class.

Anarchism is a game at which the police can beat you.

Paradoxes are the only truths.