"There are no 'standards of Right'. Ethics is balderdash. Each Star must go on its own orbit. To hell with 'moral principle'; there is no such thing."

"The greatest pleasure is to be misunderstood."

"People think that talking is a sign of thinking. It isn't, for the most part; on the contrary, it's a mechanical dodge of the body to relieve oneself of the strain of thinking, just as exercising the …"

"I was not content to believe in a personal God and an everlasting Hell. I wanted to know if these things were really true."

"I have never regretted anything in my life, except not having done more."