"The universe is a chaos, and man is a part of that chaos."

"My philosophy is simple: pleasure is the only good, and pain is the only evil."

"I have no God, no morality, no law but my will. I reject the poison that they call religion, for it is nothing but a chain that binds the soul, a vile invention of the cowardly man to escape the torme…"

"I have no conscience, and I am proud of it."

"Nothing we can do outrages Nature directly. Our acts of destruction give her new vigour and feed her her energy, but none of our wreckings can weaken her power."