I said to him, "Shall I tell you where the men are who believe most in themselves? For I can tell you. I know of men who believe in themselves more colossally than Napoleon or Caesar. I know where flames the fixed star of certainty and success. I can guide you to the thrones of the Super-men. The men who really believe in themselves are all in lunatic asylums.

Nothing can ever overcome that one enormous sex (female) superiority that even the male child is born closer to his mother than to his father.

My attitude toward progress has passed from antagonism to boredom. I have long ceased to argue with people who prefer Thursday to Wednesday because it is Thursday.

Dear Sir: Regarding your article 'What's Wrong with the World?' I am. Yours truly.

There is no great harm in the theorist who makes up a new theory to fit a new event. But the theorist who starts with a false theory and then sees everything as making it come true is the most dangerous enemy of human reason.

I am going to hold a pistol to the head of the Modern Man. But I shall not use it to kill him–only to bring him to life.

When people begin to ignore human dignity, it will not be long before they begin to ignore human rights.