A wise man distrusts his neighbor. A wiser man distrusts both his neighbor and himself. The wisest man of all distrusts his government.

I never deviated from my grim determination to someday have all the money I needed and wanted.

I often reread books I have written

It is human nature to instinctively rebel at obscurity or ordinariness.

You see, when a nation threatens another nation the people of the latter forget their factionalism, their local antagonisms, their political differences, their suspicions of each other, their religious hostilities, and band together as one unit. Leaders know that, and that is why so many of them whip up wars during periods of national crisis, or when the people become discontented and angry. This is the explanation of all wars, all racial and religious hatreds, all massacres, and all attempts at genocide.

I have been constantly betrayed and deceived all my life.

I am not convinced that there is such a thing as a soul