I never learned from a man who agreed with me.

We have our hands, we have our brains, we have the challenge all around us, and we have within (from whatever source) the will to strive. That is enough; there is no need to assert 'belief' in that which we do not, as yet, know.

Man can be chained, but he cannot be domesticated.

He had learned that close-held secrets could often be cracked by going all the way to the top and there making himself unbearably unpleasant. He knew that such twisting of the tiger's tail was dangerous, for he understood the psychopathology of great power.

Make money, lose money - who cares? The idea is to enjoy it.

In a mature society, 'civil servant' is semantically equal to 'civil master.'

If I had a Boy Scout I could make a fire by rubbing his hind legs together.