"The man who lets a leader prescribe his course is a wreck being towed to the scrap heap."

"Man's basic vice, the source of all his evils, is the act of evading reality."

"The purpose of morality is to teach you not to suffer and die, but to enjoy yourself and live."

"The only good is the good of the individual. The only evil is the evil of the individual."

"I swear, by my life and my love of it, that I will never live for the sake of another man, nor ask another man to live for mine."