My philosophy, in essence, is the concept of man as a heroic being, with his own happiness as the moral purpose of his life, with productive achievement as his noblest activity, and reason as his only absolute.

Men have been taught that it is a virtue to agree with others. But the creator is the man who disagrees. Men have been taught that it is a virtue to swim with the current. But the creator is the man who goes against the current. Men have been taught

Civilization is the process of setting man free from men.

I can accept anthing, except what seems to be the easiest for most people: the half-way, the almost, the just-about, the in-between.

There is a level of cowardice lower than that of the conformist: the fashionable non-conformist.