He who does not contemplate the future is destined to be overwhelmed by it.

Is it any wonder that to this day this Galilean is too much for our small hearts?

If you do not want to explore an egoism you should not read autobiography.

Very much indeed of what we call moral education is such an artificial modification and perversion of instinct; pugnacity is trained into courageous self-sacrifice, and suppressed sexuality into religious emotion.

Find the thing you want to do most intensely, make sure that’s it, and do it with all your might. If you live, well and good. If you die, well and good. Your purpose is done

If you are in difficulties with a book, try the element of surprise: attack it at an hour when it isn't expecting it.

A time will come when a politician who has willfully made war and promoted international dissension will be as sure of the dock and much surer of the noose than a private homicide. It is not reasonable that those who gamble with men's lives should not stake their own.